Infection Requiring Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection that requires an operation as part of treatment, such as surgery to remove infected tissue or drain an abscess. The stay involves the operation plus IV antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
State average
$155,928
gross charge · DRG 853
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$61,107 – $284,911
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $61,107 - 2
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $80,225Cash pay $60,169Medicare pays (avg) $39,507 - 3
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $89,655Cash pay $67,241Medicare pays (avg) $35,073 - 4
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $121,111Cash pay $57,649Medicare pays (avg) $40,664 - 5
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $127,941Cash pay $89,559Medicare pays (avg) $36,915 - 6
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $127,941Cash pay $89,559Medicare pays (avg) $37,466 - 7
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $137,971Cash pay $75,884Medicare pays (avg) $40,352 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $138,473Medicare pays (avg) $48,385 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $138,473 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $138,473Medicare pays (avg) $56,961 - 11
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $223,697Cash pay $89,559Medicare pays (avg) $61,401 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $228,108Cash pay $171,081Medicare pays (avg) $60,410 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $284,911Cash pay $213,683Medicare pays (avg) $61,597 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $284,911Cash pay $213,683Medicare pays (avg) $39,379 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $40,672 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $39,223 - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $51,020 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,069 - 20
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $52,203 - 23
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,804 - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $73,314 - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,367 - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,481 - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $47,272
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for infection requiring surgery (DRG 853). Prices range from $61,107 to $284,911 — roughly 5×. 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 $155,928.
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 requiring surgery 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 requiring surgery 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 requiring surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 853 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.