Pacemaker Implant Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A procedure to place a small device under the skin of the chest that keeps the heartbeat steady when the heart's own rhythm is too slow. Most patients recover quickly and go home within a day or two.
State average
$66,387
gross charge · DRG 244
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$28,171 – $196,892
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
Gross charge $28,171 - 2
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $28,217 - 3
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $36,882 - 4
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $43,382 - 5
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $43,382 - 6
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $64,509Cash pay $45,156 - 7
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $64,509Cash pay $45,156 - 8
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $64,509Cash pay $45,156Medicare pays (avg) $17,833 - 9
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $65,297Cash pay $45,232 - 10
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $71,204Cash pay $39,162 - 11
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $74,154 - 12
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $74,154 - 13
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $74,154 - 14
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $196,892Cash pay $6,726Medicare pays (avg) $14,163 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $19,801 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,836 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for pacemaker implant (DRG 244). Prices range from $28,171 to $196,892 — roughly 7×. The cheapest is Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs; the most expensive is Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River. The state average sits at $66,387.
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 pacemaker implant 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 pacemaker implant 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 pacemaker implant in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 244 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.