Mini-Stroke (TIA) Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), or "mini-stroke," in which blood flow to part of the brain is briefly blocked and stroke-like symptoms resolve on their own. The stay focuses on brain imaging, heart monitoring, and starting medications to prevent a future stroke.
State average
$31,950
gross charge · DRG 069
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$17,370 – $48,896
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $17,370Cash pay $12,159Medicare pays (avg) $5,863 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $17,370Cash pay $12,159 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $17,370Cash pay $12,159 - 4
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $26,630Medicare pays (avg) $6,190 - 5
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $26,630 - 6
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $26,630Medicare pays (avg) $7,679 - 7
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $29,326Cash pay $12,743Medicare pays (avg) $5,364 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $37,307Cash pay $20,519 - 9
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $38,922Cash pay $29,191 - 10
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $39,131Cash pay $29,348 - 11
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $40,869Cash pay $30,652 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $48,896Cash pay $36,672 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $48,896Cash pay $36,672 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $4,696 - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,093 - 24
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,929 - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,004 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $5,150
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for mini-stroke (tia) (DRG 069). Prices range from $17,370 to $48,896 — roughly $31,526 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $31,950.
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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 069 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.