DRG 149 · Nervous System

Dizziness & Balance Problems Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Severe dizziness or vertigo that makes standing or walking unsafe. The stay typically involves tests to find the cause and treatment to relieve symptoms and prevent falls.

State average
$32,331
gross charge · DRG 149
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$11,959 – $86,224
low to high
Lowest $11,959 Highest $86,224

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for dizziness & balance problems (DRG 149). Prices range from $11,959 to $86,224 — roughly $74,265 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Tufts Medical Center in Boston. The state average sits at $32,331.

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 dizziness & balance problems 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 dizziness & balance problems 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 dizziness & balance problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 149 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

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $11,959
    Cash pay $8,371
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,047
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $11,959
    Cash pay $8,371
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,483
  3. 3

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $18,521
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $25,610
    Cash pay $19,207
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,293
  5. 5

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $27,384
    Cash pay $20,538
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $27,830
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,339
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $27,830
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $27,830
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,634
  9. 9

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $30,269
    Cash pay $16,648
  10. 10

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,492
    Cash pay $13,182
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,834
  11. 11

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $38,352
    Cash pay $28,764
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $38,352
    Cash pay $28,764
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,389
  13. 13

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $49,026
    Cash pay $36,769
  14. 14

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $86,224
    Cash pay $8,371
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,034
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,163
  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,601
  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

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  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,344
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,507
  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    Gross charge

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