Diabetes Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for diabetes with complications such as ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar state, or severe hypoglycemia.
State average
$29,755
gross charge · DRG 638
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$18,467 – $47,932
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $18,467Cash pay $12,927Medicare pays (avg) $6,456 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $18,467Cash pay $12,927Medicare pays (avg) $5,839 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $18,467Cash pay $12,927Medicare pays (avg) $9,417 - 4
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $22,872Cash pay $9,895Medicare pays (avg) $6,502 - 5
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $23,657 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $24,683Cash pay $18,513Medicare pays (avg) $6,482 - 7
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $26,108Cash pay $19,581 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $26,960Cash pay $14,828Medicare pays (avg) $6,985 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $32,108Medicare pays (avg) $6,797 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $32,108Medicare pays (avg) $6,248 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $32,108Medicare pays (avg) $9,357 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $46,317Cash pay $34,737Medicare pays (avg) $8,486 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $46,317Cash pay $34,737Medicare pays (avg) $7,581 - 14
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $47,932Cash pay $35,949Medicare pays (avg) $9,582 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,261 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,025 - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,238 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,520 - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,424 - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,755 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,006 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,250 - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,621 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,720
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for diabetes (DRG 638). Prices range from $18,467 to $47,932 — roughly $29,465 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $29,755.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 638 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.