DRG 481 · Musculoskeletal

Hip & Femur Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery to repair the hip or thigh bone, often fixing a fracture with pins, plates, or rods rather than replacing the joint. Recovery in the hospital includes pain control and early physical therapy.

State average
$88,776
gross charge · DRG 481
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$17,934 – $123,241
low to high
Lowest $17,934 Highest $123,241

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for hip & femur surgery (DRG 481). Prices range from $17,934 to $123,241 — roughly 7×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $88,776.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of hip & femur surgery. 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 hip & femur surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling hip & femur surgery 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 hip & femur surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 481 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

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,934
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,435
  2. 2

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,520
    Cash pay $34,140
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,908
  3. 3

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    54 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $57,441
    Cash pay $43,081
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,496
  4. 4

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    116 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $60,823
    Cash pay $26,934
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,648
  5. 5

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $85,905
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,293
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $85,905
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,400
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    108 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $85,905
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,490
  8. 8

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $98,057
    Cash pay $53,931
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,900
  9. 9

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    131 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $111,701
    Cash pay $83,776
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,939
  10. 10

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    48 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $115,728
    Cash pay $81,010
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,553
  11. 11

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $115,728
    Cash pay $81,010
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,458
  12. 12

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $115,728
    Cash pay $29,366
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,214
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    102 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $123,241
    Cash pay $92,431
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,295
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $123,241
    Cash pay $92,431
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,593
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    73 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,387
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,049
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,066
  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,589
  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,324
  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,903
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    92 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,028
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,527
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,970
  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    76 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,614

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