DRG 863 · Infection & Sepsis

Surgical & Wound Infections Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

An infection that develops at a surgical site or wound after an operation or injury. Hospital care typically involves IV antibiotics and wound cleaning or drainage.

State average
$39,011
gross charge · DRG 863
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$13,810 – $171,947
low to high
Lowest $13,810 Highest $171,947

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for surgical & wound infections (DRG 863). Prices range from $13,810 to $171,947 — roughly 12×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton. The state average sits at $39,011.

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 surgical & wound infections 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 surgical & wound infections 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 surgical & wound infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 863 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

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $13,810
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $14,901
    Cash pay $10,430
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $14,901
    Cash pay $10,430
  4. 4

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $21,151
    Cash pay $15,863
  5. 5
    Gross charge $22,026
    Cash pay $16,520
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $23,294
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $23,294
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $23,294
  9. 9

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $35,603
    Cash pay $19,581
  10. 10

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $35,845
    Cash pay $26,884
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,539
  11. 11

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $35,845
    Cash pay $26,884
  12. 12

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $38,626
    Cash pay $10,430
  13. 13

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $71,614
    Cash pay $5,485
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,968
  14. 14

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $171,947
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,123
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $29,741
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,840
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,189
  28. 28

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  30. 30

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,048

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