Depression Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for depression when symptoms become severe enough to need round-the-clock support. The stay involves a safe, supervised setting, medication management, and therapy.
State average
$26,638
gross charge · DRG 881
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$3,828 – $58,692
low to high
Data notes for Massachusetts
- The lowest published charge ($3,828 at Cambridge Health Alliance) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $3,828 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $10,991Cash pay $7,694 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $10,991Cash pay $7,694 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $10,991Cash pay $7,694 - 5
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $26,681Cash pay $14,675 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $27,848Cash pay $20,886 - 7
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $29,804Cash pay $22,353 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $30,113 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $30,113Medicare pays (avg) $6,955 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $30,113 - 11
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $38,064Cash pay $28,548 - 12
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $38,064Cash pay $28,548 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $58,692Cash pay $44,019 - 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 — - 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 — - 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 — - 28
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for depression (DRG 881). Prices range from $3,828 to $58,692 — roughly $54,863 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $26,638.
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 depression 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 depression 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 depression in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 881 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.