DRG 357 · Digestive

Digestive System Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on the stomach, intestines, or other digestive organs that doesn't fall into a more specific surgical category. The stay includes surgery and a recovery period with a gradual return to eating.

State average
$78,812
gross charge · DRG 357
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$30,203 – $117,421
low to high
Lowest $30,203 Highest $117,421

13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for digestive system surgery (DRG 357). Prices range from $30,203 to $117,421 — roughly $87,218 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River. The state average sits at $78,812.

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 digestive system surgery 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 digestive system surgery 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 digestive system surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 357 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

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $30,203
    Cash pay $21,142
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $30,203
    Cash pay $21,142
  3. 3

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $30,203
    Cash pay $21,142
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $40,678
    Cash pay $30,508
  5. 5

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $40,757
    Cash pay $30,568
  6. 6

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $84,892
    Cash pay $46,690
  7. 7

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $104,836
    Cash pay $78,627
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,263
  8. 8

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $105,949
    Cash pay $79,462
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,733
  9. 9

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $105,949
    Cash pay $79,462
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $111,155
  11. 11

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $111,155
  12. 12

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $111,155
  13. 13

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $117,421
    Cash pay $27,064
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    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

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    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

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    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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