Shoulder & Arm Joint Replacement Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to replace a major joint in the shoulder, elbow, or wrist — most often a total shoulder replacement — or to reattach part of an arm. The hospital stay covers the operation, pain control, and early physical therapy.
State average
$112,732
gross charge · DRG 483
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$62,976 – $149,782
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $62,976Cash pay $47,232 - 2
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $63,928Cash pay $47,946Medicare pays (avg) $19,926 - 3
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $96,976Cash pay $53,337 - 4
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $102,398Cash pay $51,199 - 5
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $110,657Cash pay $82,993Medicare pays (avg) $23,598 - 6
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $115,598Cash pay $86,698Medicare pays (avg) $26,748 - 7
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $115,598Cash pay $86,698Medicare pays (avg) $21,358 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $116,012 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $116,012 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $116,012Medicare pays (avg) $25,959 - 11
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $149,782Cash pay $104,848 - 12
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $149,782Cash pay $104,848 - 13
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $149,782Cash pay $104,848 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,272 - 15
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,569 - 24
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,916 - 25
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,457 - 28
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,015
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for shoulder & arm joint replacement (DRG 483). Prices range from $62,976 to $149,782 — roughly $86,806 apart. The cheapest is Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton; the most expensive is Tufts Medical Center in Boston. The state average sits at $112,732.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of shoulder & arm joint replacement. 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 shoulder & arm joint replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling shoulder & arm joint replacement in Massachusetts, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 shoulder & arm joint replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 483 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.