DRG 571 · Skin

Skin Debridement Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

An operation to remove dead or infected skin and tissue so a wound can heal, often for serious ulcers or wound infections. The stay includes the procedure, ongoing wound care, and antibiotics as needed.

State average
$50,683
gross charge · DRG 571
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$16,323 – $100,521
low to high
Lowest $16,323 Highest $100,521

15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for skin debridement (DRG 571). Prices range from $16,323 to $100,521 — roughly $84,198 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 $50,683.

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 debridement 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 debridement 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 debridement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 571 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $16,323
    Cash pay $11,426
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $16,323
    Cash pay $11,426
  3. 3

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $19,582
  4. 4

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $23,663
    Cash pay $11,426
  5. 5

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $41,981
    Cash pay $20,991
  6. 6

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $42,097
    Cash pay $31,573
  7. 7
    Gross charge $43,678
    Cash pay $32,759
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $48,847
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $48,847
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $48,847
  11. 11

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $49,067
    Cash pay $36,800
  12. 12

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $78,005
    Cash pay $42,903
  13. 13

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $81,939
    Cash pay $61,454
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,659
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $100,521
    Cash pay $75,391
  15. 15

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $100,521
    Cash pay $75,391
  16. 16

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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  17. 17

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  18. 18

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  19. 19

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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  20. 20

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  21. 21

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  22. 22

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  23. 23

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  24. 24

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  25. 25

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

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  28. 28

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  29. 29

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  30. 30

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  31. 31

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    Gross charge

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