DRG 696 · Kidney & Urinary

Kidney & Urinary Symptoms Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay to evaluate symptoms involving the kidneys or bladder, such as blood in the urine or trouble passing urine. Care usually includes urine and blood tests, imaging, and treatment of the underlying cause.

State average
$31,743
gross charge · DRG 696
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$5,393 – $119,859
low to high
Lowest $5,393 Highest $119,859

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for kidney & urinary symptoms (DRG 696). Prices range from $5,393 to $119,859 — roughly 22×. The cheapest is Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $31,743.

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 & urinary symptoms 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 & urinary symptoms 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 & urinary symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 696 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

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $5,393
  2. 2

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $7,050
  3. 3

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $11,655
    Cash pay $8,158
  4. 4

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $11,655
    Cash pay $8,158
  5. 5

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $11,655
    Cash pay $8,158
  6. 6

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $11,868
    Cash pay $5,626
  7. 7

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $14,011
    Cash pay $10,508
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $20,992
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $20,992
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $20,992
  11. 11

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $24,728
    Cash pay $13,601
  12. 12

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $43,698
    Cash pay $32,774
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $119,859
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $119,859
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    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

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    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

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    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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