Signs & Symptoms Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for unexplained signs and symptoms without a definitive diagnosis at discharge.
State average
$27,394
gross charge · DRG 948
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$11,841 – $48,751
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $11,841 - 2
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $14,812Cash pay $11,109 - 3
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $15,813Cash pay $11,069Medicare pays (avg) $5,977 - 4
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $15,813Cash pay $11,069Medicare pays (avg) $5,508 - 5
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $15,813Cash pay $11,069 - 6
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $22,745Cash pay $17,059 - 7
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $23,519Cash pay $10,117Medicare pays (avg) $5,359 - 8
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $25,178Cash pay $18,884Medicare pays (avg) $5,803 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $28,941Medicare pays (avg) $6,031 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $28,941 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $28,941Medicare pays (avg) $8,022 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $42,769Cash pay $32,077Medicare pays (avg) $8,166 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $42,769Cash pay $32,077Medicare pays (avg) $6,770 - 14
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $44,271Cash pay $33,203Medicare pays (avg) $7,855 - 15
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $48,751Cash pay $26,813 - 16
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,589 - 17
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,521 - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,487 - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,388 - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,253 - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,020 - 30
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 31
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for signs & symptoms (DRG 948). Prices range from $11,841 to $48,751 — roughly $36,910 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. The state average sits at $27,394.
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 signs & symptoms 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 signs & symptoms 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 signs & symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 948 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.