Kidney Failure Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
The kidneys lose their ability to filter waste and fluid from the blood, either suddenly or as a worsening of chronic disease. Treatment typically involves IV fluids, adjusting medications, and frequent lab tests to track kidney function.
State average
$18,206
gross charge · DRG 684
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$6,523 – $29,030
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $6,523Cash pay $3,588 - 2
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $7,456 - 3
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $11,773Cash pay $8,241 - 4
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $11,773Cash pay $8,241 - 5
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $11,773Cash pay $8,241 - 6
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $12,869Cash pay $6,388Medicare pays (avg) $3,882 - 7
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $15,953Cash pay $11,965 - 8
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $19,703Cash pay $14,777 - 9
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $24,082Cash pay $18,062 - 10
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $24,975 - 11
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $24,975 - 12
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $24,975 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $29,030Cash pay $21,772 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $29,030Cash pay $21,772 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for kidney failure (DRG 684). Prices range from $6,523 to $29,030 — roughly $22,506 apart. The cheapest is Mercy Medical Center in Springfield; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $18,206.
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 kidney failure 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 kidney failure 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 kidney failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 684 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.