DRG 642 · Endocrine & Metabolic

Metabolic Disorders Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Hospital care for inherited or other disorders that affect how the body processes nutrients and chemicals. A stay typically involves lab testing, IV fluids or special nutrition, and medicines to restore the body's chemical balance.

State average
$34,297
gross charge · DRG 642
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,698 – $51,409
low to high
Lowest $10,698 Highest $51,409

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for metabolic disorders (DRG 642). Prices range from $10,698 to $51,409 — roughly $40,710 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $34,297.

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 metabolic disorders 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 metabolic disorders 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 metabolic disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 642 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

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $10,698
    Cash pay $7,489
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $10,698
    Cash pay $7,489
  3. 3

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $10,698
    Cash pay $7,489
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $19,743
    Cash pay $14,807
  5. 5

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $24,520
  6. 6

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $25,085
    Cash pay $12,543
  7. 7

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $39,691
    Cash pay $29,768
  8. 8

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $45,862
    Cash pay $25,224
  9. 9

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $47,205
    Cash pay $35,404
  10. 10

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $47,205
    Cash pay $35,404
  11. 11

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $49,114
  12. 12

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $49,114
  13. 13

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $49,114
  14. 14

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $51,409
    Cash pay $38,557
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,917
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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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