Major Heart & Vessel Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery on the heart or the body's largest blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm, in patients who also have serious complicating conditions. Recovery usually includes time in intensive care with close monitoring.
State average
$181,644
gross charge · DRG 270
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$103,159 – $294,983
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $103,159Cash pay $77,369 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $122,130Cash pay $85,491Medicare pays (avg) $35,970 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $122,130Cash pay $85,491 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $122,130Cash pay $85,491Medicare pays (avg) $51,038 - 5
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $147,711Cash pay $81,241 - 6
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $160,390Cash pay $60,436Medicare pays (avg) $44,091 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $182,363 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $182,363 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $182,363Medicare pays (avg) $60,497 - 10
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $265,024Cash pay $198,768Medicare pays (avg) $69,797 - 11
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $294,983Cash pay $221,237Medicare pays (avg) $68,771 - 12
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $294,983Cash pay $221,237 - 13
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 14
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $64,065 - 23
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $46,094 - 27
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
12 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for major heart & vessel surgery (DRG 270). Prices range from $103,159 to $294,983 — roughly 3×. 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 $181,644.
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 & 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 & 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 & vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 270 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.