Poisoning & Drug Overdose Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Illness caused by a medicine, drug, or other toxic substance, such as an accidental overdose or a harmful reaction. The stay involves close monitoring, medicines or antidotes to counteract the substance, and supportive care while the body clears it.
State average
$26,160
gross charge · DRG 918
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$14,052 – $39,520
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $14,052Cash pay $9,836 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $14,052Cash pay $9,836 - 3
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $15,690 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $16,044Cash pay $12,033 - 5
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $25,057 - 6
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $25,057 - 7
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $25,057Medicare pays (avg) $8,972 - 8
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $25,678Cash pay $4,903 - 9
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $26,411Cash pay $19,808 - 10
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $30,555Cash pay $16,805 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $33,501Cash pay $10,086Medicare pays (avg) $5,928 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $36,044Cash pay $27,033 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $39,520Cash pay $29,640 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $39,520Cash pay $29,640 - 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
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, 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 — - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for poisoning & drug overdose (DRG 918). Prices range from $14,052 to $39,520 — roughly $25,468 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 $26,160.
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 poisoning & drug overdose 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 poisoning & drug overdose 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 poisoning & drug overdose in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 918 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.