Bone Infection Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
An infection inside a bone (osteomyelitis), treated with days of IV antibiotics in the hospital. Imaging and lab tests to identify the infection are a common part of the stay.
State average
$36,796
gross charge · DRG 540
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$9,293 – $73,198
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $9,293Cash pay $6,969 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $14,351Cash pay $10,046 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $14,351Cash pay $10,046 - 4
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $17,210Cash pay $9,466 - 5
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $26,839Cash pay $10,046 - 6
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $33,331 - 7
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $33,331 - 8
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $33,331 - 9
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $36,550Cash pay $27,412 - 10
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $37,645Cash pay $8,611 - 11
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
Gross charge $43,696 - 12
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $50,827 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $63,997 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $63,997 - 15
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $73,198Cash pay $38,380 - 16
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 31
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for bone infection (DRG 540). Prices range from $9,293 to $73,198 — roughly $63,905 apart. The cheapest is Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - in Boston; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $36,796.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of bone infection. 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 infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling bone infection 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 infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 540 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.