DRG 856 · Infection & Sepsis

Infection After Surgery or Injury Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

An infection that developed after an operation or an injury and requires surgery to clean out infected tissue. The stay includes the operation and IV antibiotics.

State average
$116,759
gross charge · DRG 856
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$26,310 – $199,675
low to high
Lowest $26,310 Highest $199,675

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for infection after surgery or injury (DRG 856). Prices range from $26,310 to $199,675 — roughly 8×. 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 $116,759.

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 infection after surgery or injury 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 infection after surgery or injury 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 infection after surgery or injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 856 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

    Gross charge $26,310
  2. 2

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $62,504
    Cash pay $46,878
  3. 3

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $63,783
    Cash pay $24,477
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $74,759
    Cash pay $56,069
  5. 5

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $91,036
    Cash pay $50,070
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $122,470
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $122,470
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $122,470
    Medicare pays (avg) $41,443
  9. 9

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $126,313
    Cash pay $88,419
  10. 10

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $126,313
    Cash pay $88,419
  11. 11

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $126,313
    Cash pay $28,294
  12. 12

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $170,541
    Cash pay $127,905
    Medicare pays (avg) $55,025
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $199,675
    Cash pay $149,756
    Medicare pays (avg) $42,110
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $199,675
    Cash pay $149,756
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  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

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $59,900
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  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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