US Health Care Costs

Seizures in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 101: Seizures without mcc

$20,536typical hospital bill
$9,033typical amount paid
$7,294–$17,061range paid across 29 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $20,536 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
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro26$11,962$7,294
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth20$14,354$7,366
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth58$18,518$7,377
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River45$23,483$7,503
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton31$13,467$7,578
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton17$14,749$7,684
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly33$19,963$7,689
Holyoke Medical CenterHolyoke19$10,019$7,928
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford19$16,542$7,993
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton16$28,198$8,186
North Shore Medical Center -Salem16$23,269$8,326
Lowell General HospitalLowell30$18,978$8,353
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose11$16,695$8,670
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence20$18,584$8,812
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain13$28,096$9,033
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis22$16,624$9,392
Metrowest Medical CenterFramingham11$53,078$9,468
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield22$19,586$10,105
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield58$23,681$10,136
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington25$20,782$10,254
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge14$20,634$10,294
St Vincent HospitalWorcester12$50,002$10,502
Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton16$13,516$10,793
Tufts Medical CenterBoston18$20,536$11,717
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston47$66,538$11,817
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester37$36,344$12,336
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston44$37,825$12,605
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston40$80,829$13,595
Boston Medical CenterBoston31$34,921$17,061

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.