DRG 501 · Musculoskeletal

Soft Tissue Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on muscles, tendons, or other soft tissues, such as removing a growth or repairing damaged tissue. The stay covers the surgery, wound care, and early recovery.

State average
$70,999
gross charge · DRG 501
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$18,471 – $127,891
low to high
Lowest $18,471 Highest $127,891

15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for soft tissue surgery (DRG 501). Prices range from $18,471 to $127,891 — roughly 7×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $70,999.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of soft tissue surgery. 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 soft tissue surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling soft tissue surgery 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 soft tissue surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 501 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

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $18,471
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $31,590
    Cash pay $22,113
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $31,590
    Cash pay $22,113
  4. 4

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $31,590
    Cash pay $22,113
  5. 5

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $48,627
    Cash pay $9,662
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,961
  6. 6

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $60,388
  7. 7

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $62,487
    Cash pay $34,368
  8. 8

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $64,708
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $82,581
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $82,581
  11. 11

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $82,581
  12. 12

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $96,527
    Cash pay $83,288
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,037
  13. 13
    Gross charge $115,484
    Cash pay $86,613
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $127,891
    Cash pay $95,918
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,603
  15. 15

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $127,891
    Cash pay $95,918
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    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  22. 22

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $20,447
  26. 26

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  28. 28

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

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    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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