Skin & Breast Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery on the skin, the tissue beneath it, or the breast, such as removing a growth or repairing damaged tissue. The stay covers the operation, wound care, and a short recovery period.
State average
$36,779
gross charge · DRG 581
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$4,983 – $94,547
low to high
Data notes for Massachusetts
- The lowest published charge ($4,983 at Martha's Vineyard Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
Gross charge $4,983 - 2
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $10,293 - 3
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $10,293 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $16,321 - 5
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $21,162Cash pay $14,813 - 6
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $21,162Cash pay $14,813 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $22,054 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $22,054 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $22,054 - 10
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $23,884Cash pay $17,913 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $53,189Cash pay $1,455 - 12
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $63,022Cash pay $47,267 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $76,706Cash pay $48,645 - 14
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $89,954Cash pay $14,813 - 15
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $94,547Cash pay $52,001 - 16
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 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
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 31
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for skin & breast surgery (DRG 581). Prices range from $4,983 to $94,547 — roughly $89,565 apart. The cheapest is Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. The state average sits at $36,779.
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 skin & breast surgery 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 skin & breast surgery 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 skin & breast surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 581 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.