Alcohol or Drug Dependence Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for alcohol or drug abuse or dependence without inpatient rehabilitation therapy and without major complications — typically a short detox stay.
State average
$25,093
gross charge · DRG 897
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$7,949 – $45,072
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $7,949Medicare pays (avg) $14,033 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $13,111Cash pay $9,178Medicare pays (avg) $6,479 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $13,111Cash pay $9,178Medicare pays (avg) $5,782 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $13,111Cash pay $9,178Medicare pays (avg) $9,076 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $18,129Cash pay $13,597Medicare pays (avg) $6,348 - 6
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $18,223Cash pay $13,668 - 7
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $21,576Cash pay $9,631Medicare pays (avg) $6,183 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $27,606Medicare pays (avg) $9,135 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $27,606Medicare pays (avg) $6,609 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $27,606Medicare pays (avg) $8,914 - 11
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $29,561Cash pay $16,259 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $44,321Cash pay $33,241 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $44,321Cash pay $33,241Medicare pays (avg) $7,282 - 14
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $45,072Cash pay $33,804Medicare pays (avg) $9,288 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,790 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,176 - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,327 - 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) $7,261 - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,128 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $8,879 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,273 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,632 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for alcohol or drug dependence (DRG 897). Prices range from $7,949 to $45,072 — roughly $37,124 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $25,093.
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 or drug dependence 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 or drug dependence 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 or drug dependence in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 897 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.