DRG 868 · Infection & Sepsis

Infectious Diseases Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Covers bacterial, viral, or parasitic infections that don't fall into a more specific category. A stay typically involves IV medications, fluids, and monitoring while the infection is treated.

State average
$30,063
gross charge · DRG 868
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$13,849 – $65,237
low to high
Lowest $13,849 Highest $65,237

13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for infectious diseases (DRG 868). Prices range from $13,849 to $65,237 — roughly $51,388 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $30,063.

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 infectious diseases 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 infectious diseases 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 infectious diseases in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 868 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 $13,849
    Cash pay $9,694
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $13,849
    Cash pay $9,694
  3. 3

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $15,769
    Cash pay $5,004
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $20,525
    Cash pay $15,394
  5. 5

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $21,015
    Cash pay $11,559
  6. 6

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $22,318
    Cash pay $16,738
  7. 7

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $23,051
    Cash pay $10,742
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $25,313
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $25,313
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $25,313
  11. 11

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $54,023
    Cash pay $40,517
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $65,237
    Cash pay $48,928
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $65,237
    Cash pay $48,928
  14. 14

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  15. 15

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  17. 17

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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  18. 18

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  19. 19

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  20. 20

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  21. 21

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  22. 22

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  23. 23

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  24. 24

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

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  26. 26

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  27. 27

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  28. 28

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  29. 29

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

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