Hip & Knee Replacement Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Replacement of a hip, knee, or ankle joint in patients who also have serious health problems, or joint replacement performed after a fracture. The stay includes the operation, close medical monitoring, and early physical therapy.
State average
$73,915
gross charge · DRG 469
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$9,200 – $175,398
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $9,200 - 2
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $22,122 - 3
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
Gross charge $31,204 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $48,748 - 5
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $50,749Cash pay $35,525 - 6
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $50,749Cash pay $35,525 - 7
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $52,707Cash pay $35,525 - 8
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $78,684Cash pay $4,032 - 9
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $81,482 - 10
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $87,483 - 11
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $87,483 - 12
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $87,483 - 13
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $105,670Cash pay $58,118 - 14
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $106,736Medicare pays (avg) $34,466 - 15
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $106,736 - 16
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $175,398Cash pay $131,548Medicare pays (avg) $31,669 - 17
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 29
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $23,699 - 30
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 31
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 32
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,826
16 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for hip & knee replacement (DRG 469). Prices range from $9,200 to $175,398 — roughly 19×. The cheapest is Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - in Boston; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $73,915.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of hip & knee replacement. 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 & knee replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling hip & knee replacement 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 & knee replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 469 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.