DRG 543 · Musculoskeletal

Bone Cancer & Weakened-Bone Fractures Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Broken bones that occur because disease — such as cancer or severe bone thinning — has weakened the bone, or cancers involving the bones, muscles, or connective tissue. The stay involves pain control, imaging, and planning further treatment.

State average
$35,124
gross charge · DRG 543
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$16,851 – $62,600
low to high
Lowest $16,851 Highest $62,600

15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for bone cancer & weakened-bone fractures (DRG 543). Prices range from $16,851 to $62,600 — roughly $45,749 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $35,124.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of bone cancer & weakened-bone fractures. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists bone cancer & weakened-bone fractures at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling bone cancer & weakened-bone fractures in Massachusetts, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Massachusetts hospitals missing from the list either don't perform bone cancer & weakened-bone fractures in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 543 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $16,851
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $21,860
    Cash pay $15,302
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,251
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $21,860
    Cash pay $15,302
  4. 4
    Gross charge $22,476
    Cash pay $16,857
  5. 5

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $23,441
    Cash pay $6,638
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,600
  6. 6

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    88 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $28,509
    Cash pay $21,381
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,734
  7. 7

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $29,328
    Cash pay $15,302
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,584
  8. 8

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $32,654
    Cash pay $24,490
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $35,660
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $35,660
  11. 11

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $35,660
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,131
  12. 12

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $38,344
    Cash pay $21,089
  13. 13

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    47 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $59,358
    Cash pay $44,519
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,994
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    51 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $62,600
    Cash pay $46,950
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,841
  15. 15

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $62,600
    Cash pay $46,950
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,699
  16. 16

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,693
  19. 19

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,834
  24. 24

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,255
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,906
  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,941
  28. 28

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    49 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,074
  30. 30

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,040
  31. 31

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,991

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