Back problems (no surgery) in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 552: Medical back problems without mcc

$19,795typical hospital bill

$8,790typical amount paid

$7,170–$18,101range paid across 38 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $19,795 for this stay in 2024, about 2.3 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Emerson Hospital -	W Concord	22	$14,587	$7,170
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham	Needham	12	$15,148	$7,526
Anna Jaques Hospital	Newburyport	34	$13,345	$7,579
Falmouth Hospital	Falmouth	34	$20,850	$7,717
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton	Milton	27	$13,041	$7,763
Brown University Health Morton Hospital	Taunton	22	$11,265	$7,764
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	189	$17,306	$7,886
Sturdy Memorial Hospital	Attleboro	18	$14,345	$7,908
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	57	$14,245	$7,917
Milford Regional Medical Center	Milford	21	$13,684	$7,931
Winchester Hospital	Winchester	61	$10,616	$7,950
Northeast Hospital Corporation	Beverly	68	$17,200	$8,069
Good Samaritan Medical Center	Brockton	59	$14,598	$8,086
Saint Anne's Hospital	Fall River	35	$15,401	$8,150
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	70	$20,141	$8,201
Holy Family Hospital	Methuen	31	$11,725	$8,357
Melrosewakefield Healthcare	Melrose	24	$19,616	$8,557
Newton-Wellesley Hospital	Newton	88	$25,675	$8,591
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	44	$19,275	$8,753
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	68	$23,480	$8,826
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals	Leominster	30	$22,575	$8,849
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence	43	$19,974	$9,305
Metrowest Medical Center	Framingham	19	$49,772	$9,638
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	51	$22,557	$9,963
Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital	Jamaica Plain	28	$28,470	$9,982
St Vincent Hospital	Worcester	19	$57,961	$10,021
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital	Brockton	14	$16,400	$10,468
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	65	$23,019	$10,510
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	59	$17,470	$10,537
Berkshire Medical Center	Pittsfield	33	$24,401	$10,636
Mount Auburn Hospital	Cambridge	19	$20,548	$10,717
Boston Medical Center-Brighton	Brighton	21	$13,795	$11,735
Tufts Medical Center	Boston	27	$23,532	$12,171
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	45	$51,627	$12,510
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	60	$50,102	$12,645
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	80	$38,799	$12,766
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	53	$24,642	$13,094
Boston Medical Center	Boston	23	$37,620	$18,101

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.