DRG 326 · Digestive

Stomach & Esophagus Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery on the stomach, esophagus, or the first part of the small intestine, for example to remove a growth or repair damage. The stay includes the operation, a gradual return to eating, and close monitoring.

State average
$126,603
gross charge · DRG 326
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$40,740 – $227,703
low to high
Lowest $40,740 Highest $227,703

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for stomach & esophagus surgery (DRG 326). Prices range from $40,740 to $227,703 — roughly 6×. The cheapest is Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $126,603.

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 stomach & esophagus 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 stomach & esophagus 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 stomach & esophagus surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 326 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

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $40,740
  2. 2

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $44,854
  3. 3

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $46,081
  4. 4

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $102,442
    Cash pay $71,709
  5. 5

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $102,442
    Cash pay $71,709
  6. 6

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $108,585
    Cash pay $25,329
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $122,728
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $122,728
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $122,728
    Medicare pays (avg) $58,334
  10. 10

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge $129,049
    Cash pay $28,726
  11. 11

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $160,036
    Cash pay $88,020
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    57 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $221,161
    Cash pay $165,871
    Medicare pays (avg) $56,033
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $221,161
    Cash pay $165,871
  14. 14

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    41 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $227,703
    Cash pay $170,777
    Medicare pays (avg) $52,130
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $64,869
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $48,673

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