Heart Failure Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$40,118
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$14,072 – $75,059
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $14,072Cash pay $9,851Medicare pays (avg) $9,643 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $14,072Cash pay $9,851Medicare pays (avg) $9,368 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $14,072Cash pay $9,851Medicare pays (avg) $15,133 - 4
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $24,955Medicare pays (avg) $19,694 - 5
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $27,043Cash pay $11,566Medicare pays (avg) $9,644 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $34,407Cash pay $25,805Medicare pays (avg) $9,996 - 7
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $41,691Cash pay $31,268Medicare pays (avg) $8,764 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $41,779Medicare pays (avg) $10,119 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $41,779Medicare pays (avg) $9,750 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $41,779Medicare pays (avg) $13,965 - 11
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $45,926Cash pay $25,260Medicare pays (avg) $9,942 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $69,955Cash pay $52,466Medicare pays (avg) $13,441 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $75,059Cash pay $56,294Medicare pays (avg) $14,053 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $75,059Cash pay $56,294Medicare pays (avg) $10,851 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,657 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,982 - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,390 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,506 - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,586 - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,435 - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,353 - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,872 - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,255 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,011 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,882 - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,447 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,022
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for heart failure (DRG 291). Prices range from $14,072 to $75,059 — roughly $60,986 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 $40,118.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.