DRG 862 · Infection & Sepsis

Post-Surgery & Wound Infections Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

An infection that develops after an operation or an injury, such as an infected surgical incision or wound. The hospital stay typically involves IV antibiotics, wound care, and monitoring while the infection clears.

State average
$44,318
gross charge · DRG 862
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$11,685 – $72,808
low to high
Lowest $11,685 Highest $72,808

15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for post-surgery & wound infections (DRG 862). Prices range from $11,685 to $72,808 — roughly $61,123 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. The state average sits at $44,318.

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 post-surgery & wound infections 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 post-surgery & wound infections 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 post-surgery & wound infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 862 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 $11,685
    Cash pay $8,180
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $11,685
    Cash pay $8,180
  3. 3

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $16,560
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $28,254
    Cash pay $21,191
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,396
  5. 5
    Gross charge $42,054
    Cash pay $31,540
  6. 6

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $44,811
    Cash pay $8,180
  7. 7

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $49,084
    Cash pay $36,813
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $51,424
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $51,424
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $51,424
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,249
  11. 11

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $52,419
    Cash pay $2,171
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    37 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $59,135
    Cash pay $44,351
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,157
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $59,135
    Cash pay $44,351
  14. 14

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $62,874
    Cash pay $40,730
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,643
  15. 15

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $72,808
    Cash pay $40,045
  16. 16

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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  17. 17

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  18. 18

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,580
  19. 19

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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  20. 20

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  21. 21

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  22. 22

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  23. 23

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  24. 24

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  25. 25

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,855
  28. 28

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  29. 29

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  30. 30

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  31. 31

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,098

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