Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery to remove the gallbladder, usually for painful gallstones or gallbladder inflammation. The stay involves the operation and a short recovery, often just a day or two.
State average
$56,514
gross charge · DRG 419
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$27,663 – $83,475
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $27,663 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $42,159Cash pay $29,511 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $42,159Cash pay $29,511 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $42,159Cash pay $29,511 - 5
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $46,400Cash pay $34,800 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $48,448Cash pay $36,336Medicare pays (avg) $8,643 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $55,108 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $55,108 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $55,108 - 10
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $66,168Cash pay $24,932Medicare pays (avg) $8,878 - 11
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $67,756Cash pay $37,266 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $76,011Cash pay $57,008Medicare pays (avg) $13,486 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $83,475Cash pay $62,606 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $83,475Cash pay $62,606 - 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) $13,891 - 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) (DRG 419). Prices range from $27,663 to $83,475 — roughly $55,812 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $56,514.
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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 419 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.