DRG 637 · Endocrine & Metabolic

Diabetes Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Diabetes that has become dangerously out of control, with very high or very low blood sugar or serious related problems. Care involves insulin and intravenous fluids, frequent blood sugar checks, and treatment of the complications that made the stay necessary.

State average
$46,521
gross charge · DRG 637
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,940 – $84,021
low to high
Lowest $10,940 Highest $84,021

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for diabetes (DRG 637). Prices range from $10,940 to $84,021 — roughly $73,081 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $46,521.

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 637 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $10,940
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $21,683
    Cash pay $15,178
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,552
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $21,683
    Cash pay $15,178
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,899
  4. 4

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    44 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,154
    Cash pay $12,718
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,530
  5. 5

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,867
    Cash pay $24,650
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,630
  6. 6

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $36,983
    Cash pay $27,737
  7. 7

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $39,385
    Cash pay $21,662
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $48,064
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $48,064
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    39 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $48,064
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,849
  11. 11

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $66,871
    Cash pay $15,178
  12. 12

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $77,497
    Cash pay $58,123
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,626
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $84,021
    Cash pay $63,016
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,448
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $84,021
    Cash pay $63,016
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,015
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,656
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,261
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,878
  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,420
  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,284
  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,123
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    39 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,734
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,950
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,607
  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,954

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