Bone & Joint Disease Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A painful flare-up of a bone or joint condition, such as severe arthritis, gout, or a bone disorder, managed without surgery. The stay usually involves pain control, medications, imaging, and physical therapy to get moving again.
State average
$26,276
gross charge · DRG 554
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$7,620 – $47,249
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $7,620Cash pay $5,715 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $12,425Cash pay $8,698 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $12,425Cash pay $8,698 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $12,425Cash pay $8,698 - 5
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $20,720 - 6
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $21,136Cash pay $6,790Medicare pays (avg) $5,898 - 7
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $21,371Cash pay $16,028Medicare pays (avg) $5,695 - 8
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $26,646Cash pay $19,984 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $26,931 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $26,931 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $26,931 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $42,208Cash pay $31,656Medicare pays (avg) $7,042 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $44,561Cash pay $33,421Medicare pays (avg) $7,975 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $44,561Cash pay $33,421Medicare pays (avg) $6,576 - 15
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $47,249Cash pay $25,987 - 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
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,701 - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,363 - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,337 - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,974 - 30
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 31
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for bone & joint disease (DRG 554). Prices range from $7,620 to $47,249 — roughly $39,629 apart. The cheapest is Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - in Boston; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. The state average sits at $26,276.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of bone & joint disease. 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 & joint disease at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling bone & joint disease 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 & joint disease in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 554 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.