Heart Valve Infection (Endocarditis) Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
An infection of the heart's inner lining or valves, known as endocarditis, which is serious and requires hospital care. The stay typically involves IV antibiotics, blood tests, and heart imaging to check the valves.
State average
$94,943
gross charge · DRG 288
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$47,552 – $334,668
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $47,552Cash pay $33,287 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $47,552Cash pay $33,287 - 3
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $50,947Cash pay $38,210 - 4
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $54,543 - 5
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $58,942 - 6
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $58,942 - 7
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $58,942 - 8
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $61,054Cash pay $33,287 - 9
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $76,266Cash pay $38,133 - 10
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $111,876Cash pay $83,907 - 11
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $136,487Cash pay $102,365 - 12
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $136,487Cash pay $102,365 - 13
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $334,668Cash pay $184,068 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, 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 — - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for heart valve infection (endocarditis) (DRG 288). Prices range from $47,552 to $334,668 — roughly 7×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. The state average sits at $94,943.
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 valve infection (endocarditis) 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 valve infection (endocarditis) 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 valve infection (endocarditis) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 288 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.