DRG 565 · Musculoskeletal

Muscle, Bone & Joint Disorders Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Muscle, bone, joint, or connective tissue problems that don't fit a more specific category. The stay typically involves imaging, pain management, and treatment of the underlying problem.

State average
$35,498
gross charge · DRG 565
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$21,626 – $54,419
low to high
Lowest $21,626 Highest $54,419

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for muscle, bone & joint disorders (DRG 565). Prices range from $21,626 to $54,419 — roughly $32,793 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 $35,498.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of muscle, bone & joint disorders. 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 muscle, bone & joint disorders at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling muscle, bone & joint disorders in Massachusetts, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 muscle, bone & joint disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 565 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

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $21,626
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $24,420
    Cash pay $17,094
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,077
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $24,420
    Cash pay $17,094
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $26,893
    Cash pay $20,170
  5. 5

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $27,826
    Cash pay $15,304
  6. 6

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $28,182
    Cash pay $14,091
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,872
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,255
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,087
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $33,255
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,255
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,816
  10. 10

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $34,535
    Cash pay $25,902
  11. 11

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $46,499
    Cash pay $34,875
  12. 12

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $53,966
    Cash pay $4,366
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $54,419
    Cash pay $40,815
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $54,419
    Cash pay $40,815
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

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  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,394
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

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