Connective Tissue Disorders Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
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State average
$42,131
gross charge · DRG 546
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$16,800 – $74,415
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $16,800Cash pay $11,760 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $16,800Cash pay $11,760 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $16,800Cash pay $11,760 - 4
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $24,146Cash pay $9,980 - 5
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $24,235 - 6
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $34,947Cash pay $26,210 - 7
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $37,458Cash pay $28,094Medicare pays (avg) $8,586 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $47,031 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $47,031 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $47,031 - 11
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $66,600Cash pay $49,950Medicare pays (avg) $10,489 - 12
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $66,600Cash pay $49,950 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $69,938Cash pay $52,454Medicare pays (avg) $12,211 - 14
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $74,415Cash pay $40,928 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,261 - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for connective tissue disorders (DRG 546). Prices range from $16,800 to $74,415 — roughly $57,615 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. The state average sits at $42,131.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of connective tissue disorders. 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 connective tissue disorders at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling connective tissue disorders in Massachusetts, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 connective tissue disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 546 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.