Stroke Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain, accompanied by other serious medical problems. Care involves rapid brain imaging, close monitoring in a stroke or intensive care unit, and early rehabilitation once the patient is stable.
State average
$57,489
gross charge · DRG 064
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$29,506 – $80,897
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $29,506Cash pay $14,726Medicare pays (avg) $13,998 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $29,528Cash pay $20,670Medicare pays (avg) $13,119 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $29,528Cash pay $20,670Medicare pays (avg) $13,269 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $29,528Cash pay $20,670Medicare pays (avg) $18,762 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $41,668Cash pay $31,251Medicare pays (avg) $14,693 - 6
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $49,074Cash pay $36,805Medicare pays (avg) $13,239 - 7
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $55,370 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $74,477Cash pay $40,963Medicare pays (avg) $18,725 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $75,211Medicare pays (avg) $13,203 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $75,211 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $75,211Medicare pays (avg) $22,500 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $78,732Cash pay $59,049Medicare pays (avg) $19,889 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $80,897Cash pay $60,673Medicare pays (avg) $21,220 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $80,897Cash pay $60,673Medicare pays (avg) $14,561 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,262 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,604 - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,093 - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,054 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,356 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,486 - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,585 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,357
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for stroke (DRG 064). Prices range from $29,506 to $80,897 — roughly $51,390 apart. The cheapest is Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $57,489.
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 064 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.