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 bring the heart's rate and rhythm under control.
State average
$25,858
gross charge · DRG 309
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$11,575 – $78,752
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $11,575Cash pay $8,103Medicare pays (avg) $5,076 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $11,575Cash pay $8,103Medicare pays (avg) $5,085 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $16,375Cash pay $4,628Medicare pays (avg) $7,027 - 4
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $17,935 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $18,561Cash pay $13,921Medicare pays (avg) $5,072 - 6
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $22,963Medicare pays (avg) $5,752 - 7
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $22,963 - 8
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $22,963Medicare pays (avg) $7,358 - 9
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $24,588Cash pay $18,441Medicare pays (avg) $5,118 - 10
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $36,184Cash pay $19,901Medicare pays (avg) $5,541 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $78,752Cash pay $7,316Medicare pays (avg) $5,000 - 12
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,168 - 13
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,163 - 14
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,596 - 15
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,766 - 17
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,759 - 18
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,549 - 19
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,260 - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,055 - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,887 - 24
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Cash pay $26,353Medicare pays (avg) $7,141 - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,493 - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,638 - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,337 - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,752 - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,724
11 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for cardiac arrhythmia (DRG 309). Prices range from $11,575 to $78,752 — roughly $67,177 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River. The state average sits at $25,858.
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 309 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.