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
$152,443
gross charge · DRG 356
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$41,315 – $223,419
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $41,315 - 2
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $53,657Cash pay $40,243 - 3
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $103,673Cash pay $77,755 - 4
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $125,454Cash pay $87,818 - 5
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $125,454Cash pay $87,818 - 6
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $125,454Cash pay $87,818Medicare pays (avg) $58,983 - 7
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $128,919Cash pay $44,815 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $140,099Cash pay $77,055 - 9
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $198,711Cash pay $149,033Medicare pays (avg) $48,011 - 10
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $198,711Cash pay $149,033 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $222,501Cash pay $166,876Medicare pays (avg) $54,425 - 12
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $223,419 - 13
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $223,419 - 14
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $223,419Medicare pays (avg) $51,192 - 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
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 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) $60,524 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for digestive system surgery (DRG 356). Prices range from $41,315 to $223,419 — roughly 5×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus in Worcester. The state average sits at $152,443.
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 356 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.