Cellulitis Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$25,139
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,222 – $44,210
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $10,222Cash pay $7,155Medicare pays (avg) $6,104 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $10,222Cash pay $7,155Medicare pays (avg) $5,311 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $10,222Cash pay $7,155Medicare pays (avg) $8,557 - 4
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $16,242Cash pay $12,181 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $20,068Cash pay $15,051Medicare pays (avg) $6,245 - 6
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $20,665Cash pay $8,080Medicare pays (avg) $6,094 - 7
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $23,391Cash pay $17,544Medicare pays (avg) $5,794 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $28,189Cash pay $15,504Medicare pays (avg) $6,156 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $30,055Medicare pays (avg) $6,792 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $30,055Medicare pays (avg) $6,127 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $30,055Medicare pays (avg) $9,376 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $39,177Cash pay $29,383Medicare pays (avg) $8,497 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $39,177Cash pay $29,383Medicare pays (avg) $6,380 - 14
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $44,210Cash pay $33,157Medicare pays (avg) $7,822 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,992 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,247 - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,222 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,409 - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,586 - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,215 - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,655 - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,481 - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,796 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,602 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,745 - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,832 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,882
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for cellulitis (DRG 603). Prices range from $10,222 to $44,210 — roughly $33,988 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $25,139.
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 603 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.