Heart Attack Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) without major complications — discharged alive.
State average
$50,302
gross charge · DRG 282
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$12,421 – $118,414
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $12,421Cash pay $8,694 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $12,421Cash pay $8,694Medicare pays (avg) $4,807 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $12,421Cash pay $8,694 - 4
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
Gross charge $13,203 - 5
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $16,051 - 6
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $42,436Cash pay $23,340 - 7
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $50,418Cash pay $37,813Medicare pays (avg) $5,700 - 8
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $50,781 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $52,624 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $52,624 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $52,624Medicare pays (avg) $7,523 - 12
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $53,003Medicare pays (avg) $4,639 - 13
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $96,675Cash pay $4,323Medicare pays (avg) $4,447 - 14
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $118,414 - 15
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $118,414 - 16
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,685 - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,589 - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,603 - 30
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 31
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,654
15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for heart attack (DRG 282). Prices range from $12,421 to $118,414 — roughly 10×. 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 $50,302.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of heart attack. 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 heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling heart attack in Massachusetts, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 282 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.