Diabetes Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Diabetes admitted for blood sugar that is out of control. The hospital stay involves adjusting insulin or other medicines, frequent blood sugar monitoring, and help planning day-to-day management of the condition.
State average
$45,170
gross charge · DRG 639
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$4,347 – $132,901
low to high
Data notes for Massachusetts
- The lowest published charge ($4,347 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital) 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
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $4,347 - 2
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $11,196 - 3
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $13,605Cash pay $9,524 - 4
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $13,605Cash pay $9,524 - 5
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $15,459Cash pay $8,502 - 6
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $18,975Cash pay $14,231 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $24,571 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $24,571 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $24,571 - 10
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $30,961Cash pay $9,524 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $66,843Cash pay $2,349 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $117,879 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $132,901 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $132,901 - 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 — - 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 diabetes (DRG 639). Prices range from $4,347 to $132,901 — roughly 31×. The cheapest is Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $45,170.
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 639 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.