General Signs & Symptoms Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Symptoms such as pain, weakness, or fever that need hospital care before a clear diagnosis is made. The stay centers on observation and testing to find the cause, along with treatment of serious accompanying conditions.
State average
$39,833
gross charge · DRG 947
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$14,423 – $80,921
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $14,423Cash pay $10,096 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $14,423Cash pay $10,096 - 3
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $21,118 - 4
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $21,127Cash pay $15,845 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $25,540Cash pay $19,155Medicare pays (avg) $9,223 - 6
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $35,061 - 7
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $35,061 - 8
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $35,061Medicare pays (avg) $10,824 - 9
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $42,432Cash pay $23,338 - 10
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $48,337Cash pay $17,657 - 11
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $49,453Cash pay $10,096 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $53,787Cash pay $40,340Medicare pays (avg) $13,864 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $80,921Cash pay $60,691Medicare pays (avg) $16,544 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $80,921Cash pay $60,691 - 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 general signs & symptoms (DRG 947). Prices range from $14,423 to $80,921 — roughly $66,498 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $39,833.
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 general signs & symptoms 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 general signs & symptoms 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 general signs & symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 947 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.