Neck Fusion & Other Back Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to join (fuse) bones in the neck, or other operations on the back or neck, not including disc removal or nerve decompression. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.
State average
$159,548
gross charge · DRG 321
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$49,660 – $317,452
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $49,660 - 2
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $83,752 - 3
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $99,583Cash pay $54,771 - 4
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $101,032Cash pay $70,723Medicare pays (avg) $20,770 - 5
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $101,032Cash pay $70,723 - 6
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $101,032Cash pay $70,723Medicare pays (avg) $30,468 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $156,158 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $156,158 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $156,158Medicare pays (avg) $32,475 - 10
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $168,277Cash pay $126,208Medicare pays (avg) $31,849 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $266,375Cash pay $35,361Medicare pays (avg) $22,122 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $317,452Medicare pays (avg) $31,528 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $317,452 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $29,415 - 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 — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,182 - 24
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,134 - 28
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for neck fusion & other back surgery (DRG 321). Prices range from $49,660 to $317,452 — roughly 6×. The cheapest is Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $159,548.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of neck fusion & other back surgery. 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 neck fusion & other back surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling neck fusion & other back surgery 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 neck fusion & other back surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 321 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.