Pathological Fractures & Bone Cancer Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A broken bone caused by disease weakening the bone, often cancer, or cancer of the bones, muscles, or connective tissue. Care includes pain control, treatment of the underlying condition, and help with safe movement.
State average
$74,141
gross charge · DRG 542
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$32,453 – $154,394
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $32,453Medicare pays (avg) $13,366 - 2
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $40,883Cash pay $6,449 - 3
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $41,648Cash pay $31,236 - 4
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
Gross charge $43,208 - 5
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $45,373 - 6
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $45,373 - 7
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $45,373 - 8
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $51,127 - 9
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $55,279Cash pay $41,459 - 10
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $61,234Medicare pays (avg) $18,806 - 11
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $61,234Medicare pays (avg) $15,659 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $76,528Cash pay $57,396Medicare pays (avg) $18,832 - 13
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $123,365Cash pay $67,850 - 14
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $154,394Cash pay $108,076 - 15
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $154,394Cash pay $108,076 - 16
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $154,394Cash pay $108,076Medicare pays (avg) $17,229 - 17
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,425 - 20
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,243 - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,716 - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,014 - 31
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 32
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
16 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for pathological fractures & bone cancer (DRG 542). Prices range from $32,453 to $154,394 — roughly 5×. The cheapest is Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton; the most expensive is Tufts Medical Center in Boston. The state average sits at $74,141.
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 542 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.