US Health Care Costs

Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 563: Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh without mcc

$18,591typical hospital bill
$7,995typical amount paid
$6,692–$11,750range paid across 33 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $18,591 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Emerson Hospital -W Concord15$16,325$6,692
Baystate Noble HospitalWestfield13$13,226$6,880
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton22$9,838$7,117
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth104$14,923$7,150
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth23$11,384$7,186
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro24$14,869$7,250
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth15$19,040$7,296
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly36$15,030$7,300
Winchester HospitalWinchester43$12,556$7,333
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport25$13,109$7,381
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River14$14,693$7,564
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton22$10,244$7,594
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton47$11,513$7,613
Lowell General HospitalLowell22$18,591$7,815
Holy Family HospitalMethuen18$10,540$7,840
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton38$26,314$7,907
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River32$24,492$7,995
Umass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster23$23,104$8,133
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose21$17,972$8,320
North Shore Medical Center -Salem41$23,247$8,365
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain17$22,639$8,756
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence40$17,224$8,859
Metrowest Medical CenterFramingham13$50,543$8,886
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis27$21,500$9,294
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington31$19,207$9,759
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield15$20,912$9,816
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield25$19,670$9,826
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge17$16,936$9,831
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston13$43,507$11,005
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester31$31,617$11,224
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston20$19,963$11,378
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston14$53,298$11,485
Tufts Medical CenterBoston11$26,503$11,750

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.