Premature Newborn Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
State average
$43,033
gross charge · DRG 792
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$3,307 – $223,162
low to high
Data notes for Massachusetts
- The lowest published charge ($3,307 at Cambridge Health Alliance) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $3,307 - 2
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $7,817Cash pay $4,299 - 3
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $11,552Cash pay $8,086 - 4
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $11,552Cash pay $8,086 - 5
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $23,259 - 6
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $23,787 - 7
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $23,787 - 8
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $23,787 - 9
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $78,320Cash pay $5,474 - 10
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $223,162Cash pay $3,582 - 11
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 12
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 13
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 14
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 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 —
10 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for premature newborn (DRG 792). Prices range from $3,307 to $223,162 — roughly 67×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Tufts Medical Center in Boston. The state average sits at $43,033.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn in Massachusetts, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 792 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.