Cardiac Arrhythmia Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
An irregular or abnormal heart rhythm, such as atrial fibrillation. The hospital stay typically involves continuous heart monitoring and medicines to restore a steady rhythm before going home.
State average
$27,939
gross charge · DRG 310
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$13,118 – $67,516
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $13,118Cash pay $9,183Medicare pays (avg) $3,358 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $13,118Cash pay $9,183Medicare pays (avg) $3,450 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $13,118Cash pay $4,477Medicare pays (avg) $4,822 - 4
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $18,975Medicare pays (avg) $3,993 - 5
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $18,975 - 6
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $18,975Medicare pays (avg) $5,422 - 7
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $24,680Cash pay $13,574 - 8
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $26,273 - 9
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $40,522 - 10
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $52,055Medicare pays (avg) $3,420 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $67,516Cash pay $6,421Medicare pays (avg) $3,367 - 12
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,415 - 13
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 14
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,412 - 15
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,060 - 19
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $3,791 - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,334 - 24
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,479Medicare pays (avg) $4,065 - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,176 - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,888 - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,204 - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,678
11 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for cardiac arrhythmia (DRG 310). Prices range from $13,118 to $67,516 — roughly $54,398 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River. The state average sits at $27,939.
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 cardiac arrhythmia 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 cardiac arrhythmia 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 cardiac arrhythmia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 310 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.