Pacemaker Implant Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Placement of a small device under the skin of the chest that keeps the heartbeat from becoming too slow. The stay includes the implant procedure, heart rhythm monitoring, and a device check before discharge.
State average
$61,506
gross charge · DRG 243
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$20,369 – $93,914
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $20,369 - 2
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $21,888 - 3
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $36,764 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $48,241Cash pay $36,180Medicare pays (avg) $18,841 - 5
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $50,543Medicare pays (avg) $24,391 - 6
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $50,543 - 7
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $60,398Cash pay $42,279Medicare pays (avg) $17,411 - 8
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $60,398Cash pay $42,279 - 9
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $60,398Cash pay $42,279 - 10
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $70,306Cash pay $13,291Medicare pays (avg) $16,769 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $80,361Cash pay $53,500Medicare pays (avg) $23,728 - 12
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $80,644Cash pay $44,354 - 13
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $93,914 - 14
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $93,914 - 15
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $93,914Medicare pays (avg) $24,850 - 16
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,396 - 19
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,143 - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $21,540 - 30
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 31
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for pacemaker implant (DRG 243). Prices range from $20,369 to $93,914 — roughly $73,545 apart. The cheapest is Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - in Boston; the most expensive is Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus in Worcester. The state average sits at $61,506.
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 243 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.