Stroke Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.
State average
$35,478
gross charge · DRG 065
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$13,766 – $60,854
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $13,766Cash pay $9,636Medicare pays (avg) $6,909 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $13,766Cash pay $9,636Medicare pays (avg) $6,909 - 3
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $19,475 - 4
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $22,541Cash pay $10,702Medicare pays (avg) $7,188 - 5
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $24,694Cash pay $9,636Medicare pays (avg) $10,324 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $32,384Cash pay $24,288Medicare pays (avg) $7,256 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $35,276Medicare pays (avg) $7,826 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $35,276 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $35,276Medicare pays (avg) $10,359 - 10
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $36,948Cash pay $27,711Medicare pays (avg) $6,782 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $52,645Cash pay $39,484Medicare pays (avg) $9,885 - 12
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $52,942Cash pay $29,118 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $60,854Cash pay $45,640Medicare pays (avg) $10,052 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $60,854Cash pay $45,640Medicare pays (avg) $7,399 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,484 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,228 - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,199 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,362 - 19
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,700 - 20
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,443 - 23
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,867 - 24
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,072 - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,645 - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,768 - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,868 - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,741 - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,366
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for stroke (DRG 065). Prices range from $13,766 to $60,854 — roughly $47,088 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 $35,478.
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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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.