Alcohol & Drug Use (Left Against Medical Advice) Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for alcohol or drug use problems in which the patient chose to leave before doctors recommended discharge. Care during the stay typically focuses on safe withdrawal and stabilization.
State average
$19,118
gross charge · DRG 894
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$11,221 – $31,648
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $11,221Cash pay $7,855 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $11,221Cash pay $7,855 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $11,221Cash pay $7,855 - 4
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $12,264Cash pay $9,198 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $15,166Cash pay $11,374 - 6
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $16,790Cash pay $7,033 - 7
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $18,916 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $19,168 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $19,168 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $19,168Medicare pays (avg) $5,241 - 11
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $22,216Cash pay $12,219 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $27,833Cash pay $20,875 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $31,648 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $31,648 - 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) $5,068 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 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 — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for alcohol & drug use (left against medical advice) (DRG 894). Prices range from $11,221 to $31,648 — roughly $20,427 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 $19,118.
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 alcohol & drug use (left against medical advice) 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 alcohol & drug use (left against medical advice) 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 alcohol & drug use (left against medical advice) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 894 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.