Brain & Nervous System Tumors Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a tumor of the brain, spinal cord, or nerves that is managed with medicines and monitoring rather than surgery during this admission. Care often includes imaging, drugs to reduce swelling, and seizure prevention.
State average
$34,324
gross charge · DRG 054
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$13,878 – $46,607
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $13,878 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $18,896Cash pay $13,227 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $18,896Cash pay $13,227 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $18,896Cash pay $13,227Medicare pays (avg) $15,666 - 5
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $21,665 - 6
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $36,795Cash pay $46,883Medicare pays (avg) $14,264 - 7
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $37,637 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $43,945Cash pay $24,170 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $44,630 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $44,630 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $44,630Medicare pays (avg) $14,787 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $44,714Medicare pays (avg) $18,321 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $44,714 - 14
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $46,607Cash pay $3,571Medicare pays (avg) $10,082 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,779 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for brain & nervous system tumors (DRG 054). Prices range from $13,878 to $46,607 — roughly $32,729 apart. The cheapest is Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - in Boston; the most expensive is Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River. The state average sits at $34,324.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. 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 brain & nervous system tumors at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent brain & nervous system tumors admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 brain & nervous system tumors in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 054 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.