Major Heart & Blood Vessel Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery on the heart or blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm or implanting a device, that does not fall into a more specific category. The stay includes the operation and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$97,046
gross charge · DRG 271
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$14,575 – $175,987
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $14,575 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $28,101Cash pay $19,670 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $28,101Cash pay $19,670 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $28,101Cash pay $19,670 - 5
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $79,128Cash pay $43,520 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $112,278Cash pay $84,209 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $115,170 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $115,170 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $115,170Medicare pays (avg) $38,647 - 10
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $144,195Cash pay $108,147Medicare pays (avg) $33,614 - 11
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $144,195Cash pay $108,147 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $161,432Cash pay $121,074Medicare pays (avg) $36,373 - 13
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $175,987Cash pay $80,463Medicare pays (avg) $28,504 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $38,949 - 24
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for major heart & blood vessel surgery (DRG 271). Prices range from $14,575 to $175,987 — roughly 12×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River. The state average sits at $97,046.
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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 271 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.