Kidney & Ureter Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the kidney or ureter for a non-cancerous problem, such as removing large stones or relieving a blockage. The stay covers the surgery and monitoring of kidney function during recovery.
State average
$54,475
gross charge · DRG 660
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$16,596 – $150,318
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $16,596Cash pay $11,617Medicare pays (avg) $9,027 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $16,596Cash pay $11,617 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $16,596Cash pay $11,617 - 4
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $35,591 - 5
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $36,472Cash pay $27,354Medicare pays (avg) $9,780 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $37,251Medicare pays (avg) $10,444 - 7
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $42,263Cash pay $4,845Medicare pays (avg) $9,745 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $42,879 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $42,879 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $42,879Medicare pays (avg) $14,079 - 11
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $56,169Cash pay $30,893 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $75,849Cash pay $56,887Medicare pays (avg) $13,177 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $150,318Medicare pays (avg) $13,116 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $150,318 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $12,557 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $13,980 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,365 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,015 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for kidney & ureter surgery (DRG 660). Prices range from $16,596 to $150,318 — roughly 9×. 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 $54,475.
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 & ureter 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 kidney & ureter 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 kidney & ureter surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 660 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.