DRG 312 · Cardiovascular

Fainting (Syncope) Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A fainting spell or sudden collapse. The hospital stay centers on heart monitoring and tests to find the cause, such as a heart rhythm problem or a drop in blood pressure.

State average
$38,062
gross charge · DRG 312
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,963 – $152,994
low to high
Lowest $10,963 Highest $152,994

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for fainting (syncope) (DRG 312). Prices range from $10,963 to $152,994 — roughly 14×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $38,062.

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 fainting (syncope) 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 fainting (syncope) 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 fainting (syncope) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 312 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

    81 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $10,963
    Cash pay $7,674
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,302
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    63 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $10,963
    Cash pay $7,674
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,652
  3. 3

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $20,676
    Cash pay $4,698
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,583
  4. 4

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $21,391
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,651
  5. 5

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    60 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $25,379
    Cash pay $19,035
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,401
  6. 6

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $30,210
    Cash pay $22,657
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,848
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    44 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,674
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,638
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,674
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,263
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    90 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,674
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,189
  10. 10

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    93 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,774
    Cash pay $9,472
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,003
  11. 11

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $39,319
    Cash pay $21,625
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,266
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    58 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $47,089
    Cash pay $35,317
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,606
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    37 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $47,089
    Cash pay $35,317
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,040
  14. 14

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    93 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $152,994
    Cash pay $33,256
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,911
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,051
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,340
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,918
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,669
  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,819
  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,057
  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,963
  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    53 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,787
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    60 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,415
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    63 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,650
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,858
  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,218

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