DRG 304 · Cardiovascular

High Blood Pressure Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Blood pressure high enough to require inpatient treatment. Care involves medicines to lower blood pressure safely and monitoring for effects on the heart, brain, and kidneys.

State average
$121,803
gross charge · DRG 304
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,797 – $410,266
low to high
Lowest $10,797 Highest $410,266

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for high blood pressure (DRG 304). Prices range from $10,797 to $410,266 — roughly 38×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $121,803.

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 high blood pressure 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 high blood pressure 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 high blood pressure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 304 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

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $10,797
    Cash pay $7,558
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $10,797
    Cash pay $7,558
  3. 3

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $11,016
  4. 4

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $26,895
    Cash pay $14,792
  5. 5

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $35,373
    Cash pay $7,558
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $54,990
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $54,990
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $54,990
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,720
  9. 9

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $56,296
  10. 10

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $90,913
    Cash pay $9,091
  11. 11

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $143,369
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $372,273
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,393
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $372,273
  14. 14

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $410,266
    Cash pay $54,952
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,336
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

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  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

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