Muscle & Joint Symptoms Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Pain or other symptoms in the muscles, bones, or joints that need hospital evaluation. The stay usually involves imaging and tests to find the cause, along with pain management.
State average
$22,776
gross charge · DRG 556
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,796 – $34,722
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $10,796Cash pay $7,557Medicare pays (avg) $5,919 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $10,796Cash pay $7,557 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $10,796Cash pay $7,557 - 4
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $16,263 - 5
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $18,813Cash pay $9,191 - 6
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $20,835Cash pay $15,626 - 7
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $23,359Cash pay $17,519 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $25,221 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $25,221 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $25,221 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $30,568Cash pay $22,926 - 12
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $31,527Cash pay $17,340 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $34,722Cash pay $26,041 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $34,722Cash pay $26,041 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,299 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for muscle & joint symptoms (DRG 556). Prices range from $10,796 to $34,722 — roughly $23,926 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 $22,776.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of muscle & joint symptoms. 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 & joint symptoms at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling muscle & joint symptoms 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 & joint symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 556 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.