Seizures Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay after one or more seizures — sudden episodes of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Care typically includes brain monitoring or imaging, adjusting anti-seizure medication, and observation.
State average
$30,729
gross charge · DRG 101
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$12,325 – $61,920
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $12,325Cash pay $8,628Medicare pays (avg) $6,406 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $12,325Cash pay $8,628Medicare pays (avg) $5,548 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $18,666Cash pay $8,628Medicare pays (avg) $9,221 - 4
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $20,977Cash pay $10,087Medicare pays (avg) $6,443 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $24,308Cash pay $18,231Medicare pays (avg) $6,930 - 6
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $25,967 - 7
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $25,967 - 8
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $25,967Medicare pays (avg) $8,928 - 9
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $27,801Cash pay $15,291 - 10
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $30,590Cash pay $22,942 - 11
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $32,095 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $49,374Cash pay $37,031Medicare pays (avg) $10,049 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $61,920Cash pay $46,440Medicare pays (avg) $9,099 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $61,920Cash pay $46,440Medicare pays (avg) $7,589 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,555 - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,351 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $7,976 - 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) $9,541 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $7,198
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for seizures (DRG 101). Prices range from $12,325 to $61,920 — roughly $49,594 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 $30,729.
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 seizures 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 seizures 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 seizures in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 101 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.