DRG 389 · Digestive

GI Obstruction Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for gastrointestinal obstruction with complications — blockage in the intestinal tract.

State average
$23,197
gross charge · DRG 389
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,014 – $36,859
low to high
Lowest $10,014 Highest $36,859

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for gi obstruction (DRG 389). Prices range from $10,014 to $36,859 — roughly $26,846 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 $23,197.

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 389 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

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $10,014
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $11,416
    Cash pay $7,991
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,309
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $11,416
    Cash pay $7,991
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,055
  4. 4

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $11,416
    Cash pay $7,991
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,390
  5. 5

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    50 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,239
    Cash pay $12,929
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,641
  6. 6

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    70 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $18,010
    Cash pay $8,612
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,452
  7. 7

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $24,618
    Cash pay $18,464
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,099
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $26,812
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,601
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $26,812
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $26,812
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,479
  11. 11

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    60 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,896
    Cash pay $24,672
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,827
  12. 12

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,573
    Cash pay $18,465
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,185
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    52 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,859
    Cash pay $27,645
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,818
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,859
    Cash pay $27,645
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,157
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,457
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,063
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,099
  21. 21

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,211
  22. 22

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,342
  23. 23

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    39 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,878
  25. 25

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,113
  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,838
  28. 28

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    60 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,448
  29. 29

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,137

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