Shoulder & Elbow Replacement Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A planned operation to replace a damaged shoulder or elbow joint with an artificial one, usually because of severe arthritis or injury. The stay covers the surgery, pain control, and the start of physical therapy.
State average
$96,050
gross charge · DRG 322
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$54,772 – $141,884
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $54,772Cash pay $38,341Medicare pays (avg) $13,156 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $54,772Cash pay $38,341Medicare pays (avg) $14,668 - 3
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $65,425 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $78,652Cash pay $38,341Medicare pays (avg) $18,639 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $80,488Cash pay $60,366 - 6
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $87,357Cash pay $48,046 - 7
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $87,871Cash pay $43,674Medicare pays (avg) $13,601 - 8
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $109,105Cash pay $81,829Medicare pays (avg) $18,723 - 9
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $109,105Cash pay $81,829 - 10
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $126,407 - 11
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $126,407 - 12
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $126,407Medicare pays (avg) $18,415 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $141,884Cash pay $80,803Medicare pays (avg) $18,241 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 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
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,935 - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,884 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $15,505
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for shoulder & elbow replacement (DRG 322). Prices range from $54,772 to $141,884 — roughly $87,111 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $96,050.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of shoulder & elbow 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 & elbow 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 & elbow 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 & elbow replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 322 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.