DRG 441 · Digestive

Liver Disease Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Liver problems other than cirrhosis or cancer, such as hepatitis or fatty liver disease, that are serious enough to need hospital care. The stay typically involves blood tests, imaging, and treatment of the liver problem along with other serious conditions.

State average
$82,438
gross charge · DRG 441
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$30,861 – $173,193
low to high
Lowest $30,861 Highest $173,193

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for liver disease (DRG 441). Prices range from $30,861 to $173,193 — roughly 6×. 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 $82,438.

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 liver disease 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 liver disease 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 liver disease in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 441 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

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $30,861
    Cash pay $23,146
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,474
  2. 2

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $35,837
  3. 3

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $40,715
    Cash pay $30,536
  4. 4

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $46,194
    Cash pay $25,407
  5. 5

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $63,842
    Cash pay $19,193
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,524
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $69,562
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $69,562
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $69,562
    Medicare pays (avg) $28,431
  9. 9

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    46 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $77,431
    Cash pay $58,073
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,190
  10. 10

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $101,396
    Cash pay $70,977
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,329
  11. 11

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $101,396
    Cash pay $70,977
  12. 12

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $101,396
    Cash pay $70,977
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,249
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $173,193
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,473
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $173,193
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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

    48 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $22,226
  25. 25

    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

    45 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $19,866
  29. 29

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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