DRG 085 · Nervous System

Head Injury with Brief Coma Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A head injury that briefly knocked the patient unconscious, with a coma lasting under an hour. The hospital stay centers on close neurological monitoring, brain imaging, and treatment to prevent further injury.

State average
$56,469
gross charge · DRG 085
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$12,861 – $90,391
low to high
Lowest $12,861 Highest $90,391

13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for head injury with brief coma (DRG 085). Prices range from $12,861 to $90,391 — roughly $77,530 apart. The cheapest is Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $56,469.

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 head injury with brief coma 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 head injury with brief coma 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 head injury with brief coma in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 085 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

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $12,861
    Cash pay $9,645
  2. 2

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $34,580
    Cash pay $6,651
  3. 3

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $45,245
    Cash pay $31,672
  4. 4

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $45,245
    Cash pay $31,672
  5. 5

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $45,245
    Cash pay $31,672
  6. 6

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $55,052
    Cash pay $41,289
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $62,171
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $62,171
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $62,171
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,529
  10. 10

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $67,439
    Cash pay $37,091
  11. 11

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $75,760
    Cash pay $56,820
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,693
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $75,760
    Cash pay $56,820
  13. 13

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $90,391
    Cash pay $67,793
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,662
  14. 14

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  16. 16

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  17. 17

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  19. 19

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  20. 20

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  21. 21

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  22. 22

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  23. 23

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  24. 24

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,705
  26. 26

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  27. 27

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  28. 28

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  29. 29

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,379

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