Cardiac Catheterization Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a heart problem other than a heart attack that includes cardiac catheterization, where doctors thread a thin tube into the heart's arteries to look for blockages. Patients in this group have other serious conditions that require extra care during the stay.
State average
$81,101
gross charge · DRG 286
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$30,314 – $153,847
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $30,314Cash pay $21,220Medicare pays (avg) $17,118 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $30,314Cash pay $21,220 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $30,314Cash pay $21,220Medicare pays (avg) $22,691 - 4
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $49,155Cash pay $23,648Medicare pays (avg) $16,868 - 5
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $62,685Cash pay $47,013 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $75,832Cash pay $56,874 - 7
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $79,546Cash pay $43,750 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $86,120 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $86,120 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $86,120Medicare pays (avg) $24,242 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $130,096Cash pay $97,572Medicare pays (avg) $24,648 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $153,847Cash pay $115,385Medicare pays (avg) $28,624 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $153,847Cash pay $115,385 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $20,460 - 20
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,181 - 24
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,601 - 28
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for cardiac catheterization (DRG 286). Prices range from $30,314 to $153,847 — roughly 5×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $81,101.
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 catheterization 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 catheterization 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 catheterization in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 286 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.