Cellulitis Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A spreading infection of the skin and the tissue beneath it. The hospital stay involves intravenous antibiotics and close monitoring, along with treatment of other serious health problems occurring at the same time.
State average
$33,683
gross charge · DRG 602
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$11,852 – $67,829
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $11,852Cash pay $8,296Medicare pays (avg) $11,168 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $11,852Cash pay $8,296Medicare pays (avg) $11,263 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $11,852Cash pay $8,296Medicare pays (avg) $16,562 - 4
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $20,393 - 5
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $24,679Cash pay $18,509 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $26,545Cash pay $19,909Medicare pays (avg) $10,774 - 7
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $27,641Cash pay $13,163Medicare pays (avg) $10,781 - 8
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $30,616Cash pay $22,962 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $50,905Medicare pays (avg) $12,146 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $50,905Medicare pays (avg) $11,137 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $50,905Medicare pays (avg) $21,314 - 12
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $51,903Cash pay $28,547 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $67,829Cash pay $50,871Medicare pays (avg) $19,190 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,771 - 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 — - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $10,490 - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,271 - 24
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,905 - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,092 - 27
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,715 - 28
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,148
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for cellulitis (DRG 602). Prices range from $11,852 to $67,829 — roughly $55,977 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $33,683.
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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 602 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.