DRG 682 · Kidney & Urinary

Renal Failure Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for renal failure with major comorbidities — kidney dysfunction often requiring dialysis evaluation.

State average
$40,699
gross charge · DRG 682
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$15,363 – $74,781
low to high
Lowest $15,363 Highest $74,781

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for renal failure (DRG 682). Prices range from $15,363 to $74,781 — roughly $59,419 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $40,699.

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 renal failure 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 renal failure 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 renal failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 682 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

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $15,363
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,404
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $21,516
    Cash pay $15,061
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,851
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $21,516
    Cash pay $15,061
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,122
  4. 4

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $21,516
    Cash pay $15,061
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,317
  5. 5

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    71 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,184
    Cash pay $23,388
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,551
  6. 6

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,856
    Cash pay $25,392
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,323
  7. 7

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    111 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,045
    Cash pay $13,330
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,827
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $42,147
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,771
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $42,147
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,661
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    106 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $42,147
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,042
  11. 11

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $50,344
    Cash pay $27,689
  12. 12

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    106 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $62,438
    Cash pay $46,828
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,765
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    77 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $74,781
    Cash pay $56,086
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,487
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    52 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $74,781
    Cash pay $56,086
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,551
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,578
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    99 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,555
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,925
  21. 21

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,623
  22. 22

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,632
  23. 23

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    49 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,533
  24. 24

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    66 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,895
  25. 25

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    74 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,234
  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,374
  28. 28

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    91 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,221
  29. 29

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,744

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