DRG 516 · Musculoskeletal

Other Bone, Joint & Muscle Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on bones, joints, muscles, or connective tissue that does not fit a more specific surgical category. The stay includes the procedure, pain management, and early rehabilitation.

State average
$72,098
gross charge · DRG 516
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$39,950 – $109,204
low to high
Lowest $39,950 Highest $109,204

15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for other bone, joint & muscle surgery (DRG 516). Prices range from $39,950 to $109,204 — roughly $69,254 apart. The cheapest is Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $72,098.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of other bone, joint & muscle surgery. 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 other bone, joint & muscle surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling other bone, joint & muscle surgery 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 other bone, joint & muscle surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 516 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

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $39,950
    Cash pay $29,962
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $48,259
    Cash pay $33,782
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $48,259
    Cash pay $33,782
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $52,055
    Cash pay $39,042
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,298
  5. 5

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $53,090
    Cash pay $26,248
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $63,084
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $63,084
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $63,084
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,111
  9. 9

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $68,684
  10. 10
    Gross charge $74,781
    Cash pay $56,086
  11. 11

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $90,454
    Cash pay $49,750
  12. 12

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $95,841
    Cash pay $33,782
  13. 13

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    62 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $102,433
    Cash pay $76,825
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,948
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $109,204
    Cash pay $81,903
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,195
  15. 15

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $109,204
    Cash pay $81,903
  16. 16

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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  17. 17

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  18. 18

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  19. 19

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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  20. 20

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  21. 21

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  22. 22

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  23. 23

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  24. 24

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  25. 25

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,510
  28. 28

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,279
  29. 29

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,875
  30. 30

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  31. 31

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,520

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