DRG 517 · Musculoskeletal

Bone & Muscle Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A surgical procedure on bones, muscles, or connective tissue that doesn't fall into a more specific category. The stay includes the operation and recovery care.

State average
$52,050
gross charge · DRG 517
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$29,012 – $89,399
low to high
Lowest $29,012 Highest $89,399

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for bone & muscle surgery (DRG 517). Prices range from $29,012 to $89,399 — roughly $60,387 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $52,050.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of bone & 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 bone & 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 bone & 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 bone & muscle surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 517 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

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $29,012
    Cash pay $20,308
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $29,012
    Cash pay $20,308
  3. 3

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $31,262
    Cash pay $23,446
  4. 4
    Gross charge $37,726
    Cash pay $28,295
  5. 5

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $41,561
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $41,561
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $41,561
  8. 8

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $48,272
    Cash pay $36,204
  9. 9

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $50,292
    Cash pay $20,608
  10. 10

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $68,535
    Cash pay $37,694
  11. 11

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $71,776
    Cash pay $53,832
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,222
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $71,776
    Cash pay $53,832
  13. 13

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $76,961
    Cash pay $20,308
  14. 14

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $89,399
    Cash pay $65,308
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,882
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,852
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,300
  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,094
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    Gross charge

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