DRG 544 · Musculoskeletal

Pathological Fractures & Bone Cancer Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A bone that breaks because disease has weakened it, or cancer involving bone, muscle, or connective tissue. The stay typically involves pain control, imaging, and planning further treatment.

State average
$28,286
gross charge · DRG 544
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$15,312 – $39,138
low to high
Lowest $15,312 Highest $39,138

13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for pathological fractures & bone cancer (DRG 544). Prices range from $15,312 to $39,138 — roughly $23,826 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 $28,286.

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

If you're scheduling pathological fractures & bone cancer 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 pathological fractures & bone cancer in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 544 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

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $15,312
    Cash pay $10,719
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $15,312
    Cash pay $10,719
  3. 3

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $15,312
    Cash pay $10,719
  4. 4

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $20,670
    Cash pay $9,384
  5. 5

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $21,612
    Cash pay $16,209
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,893
  6. 6

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $29,524
    Cash pay $22,143
  7. 7

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $29,704
    Cash pay $22,278
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $34,769
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $34,769
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $34,769
  11. 11

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $37,691
    Cash pay $20,730
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $39,138
    Cash pay $29,354
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $39,138
    Cash pay $29,354
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    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

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    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

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    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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