Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, diverticulitis, or a blockage. The stay includes the operation followed by several days of recovery in the hospital while the bowel starts working again.
State average
$61,871
gross charge · DRG 330
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$12,626 – $97,964
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $12,626 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $24,494Cash pay $17,146Medicare pays (avg) $16,856 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $24,494Cash pay $17,146Medicare pays (avg) $17,996 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $24,494Cash pay $17,146Medicare pays (avg) $23,628 - 5
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $48,854Cash pay $36,641Medicare pays (avg) $17,850 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $55,719Cash pay $41,789Medicare pays (avg) $17,677 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $67,169 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $67,169 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $67,169Medicare pays (avg) $23,566 - 10
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $86,373Cash pay $42,402Medicare pays (avg) $17,771 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $94,603Cash pay $70,952Medicare pays (avg) $24,627 - 12
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $97,105Cash pay $53,408Medicare pays (avg) $18,848 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $97,964Cash pay $73,473Medicare pays (avg) $22,811 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $97,964Cash pay $73,473 - 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) $22,265 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $21,999 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $16,934 - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,109 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,660 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,974 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,732
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for major bowel surgery (DRG 330). Prices range from $12,626 to $97,964 — roughly $85,338 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $61,871.
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 major bowel 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 major bowel 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 major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 330 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.