GI Obstruction Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A blockage in the intestines that keeps food and fluid from passing through, causing pain, bloating, and vomiting. Treatment usually involves resting the bowel, a tube to relieve pressure, and IV fluids, with surgery if the blockage doesn't clear.
State average
$41,519
gross charge · DRG 388
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$15,940 – $79,281
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $15,940Cash pay $11,158Medicare pays (avg) $9,748 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $15,940Cash pay $11,158 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $15,940Cash pay $11,158 - 4
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $24,118 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $26,446Cash pay $19,835Medicare pays (avg) $11,722 - 6
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $33,244Cash pay $24,933Medicare pays (avg) $11,168 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $41,920 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $41,920 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $41,920Medicare pays (avg) $15,732 - 10
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $47,567Cash pay $21,278Medicare pays (avg) $10,421 - 11
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $56,472Cash pay $31,059 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $61,275Cash pay $45,957Medicare pays (avg) $14,386 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $79,281Cash pay $59,460Medicare pays (avg) $15,044 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $79,281Cash pay $59,460Medicare pays (avg) $12,619 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,326 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,293 - 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) $16,967 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $13,244 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,985
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for gi obstruction (DRG 388). Prices range from $15,940 to $79,281 — roughly $63,340 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 $41,519.
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 gi obstruction 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 gi obstruction 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 gi obstruction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 388 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.