C-Section Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.
State average
$36,281
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$18,228 – $44,610
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $18,228 - 2
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $18,573Cash pay $9,286 - 3
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $30,367Cash pay $22,775 - 4
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $38,919Cash pay $21,405 - 5
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $39,319Cash pay $27,523 - 6
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $39,319Cash pay $27,523 - 7
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $40,297Cash pay $27,523 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $40,377 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $40,377 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $40,377 - 11
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $44,610Cash pay $33,457 - 12
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $44,610Cash pay $33,457 - 13
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 14
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, 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
Umass Memorial Healthcare-Marlborough Hospital
Marlborough, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
12 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for c-section (DRG 788). Prices range from $18,228 to $44,610 — roughly $26,382 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $36,281.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Massachusetts, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 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.