Fever & Inflammation Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A fever or body-wide inflammatory reaction that needs hospital care, often without an immediately clear cause. The stay typically involves tests to find the source, IV fluids, and medication.
State average
$23,381
gross charge · DRG 864
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$11,069 – $35,838
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $11,069Cash pay $7,748 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $11,069Cash pay $7,748 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $15,389Cash pay $7,748 - 4
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $18,765Cash pay $14,074 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $18,948Cash pay $14,211 - 6
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $19,153 - 7
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $20,820Cash pay $10,410Medicare pays (avg) $5,786 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $24,199 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $24,199 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $24,199 - 11
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $34,507Cash pay $25,880Medicare pays (avg) $8,789 - 12
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $34,507Cash pay $25,880 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $34,672Cash pay $26,004Medicare pays (avg) $8,859 - 14
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $35,838Cash pay $19,711 - 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
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for fever & inflammation (DRG 864). Prices range from $11,069 to $35,838 — roughly $24,769 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. The state average sits at $23,381.
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 fever & inflammation 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 fever & inflammation 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 fever & inflammation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 864 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.