Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal cost in Boston, MA

MS-DRG 023 · 5 hospitals in Boston

Charges here run from $119,559 to $220,856 — a difference of $101,298 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Massachusetts hospital charges $180,151.

Hospitals in Boston, cheapest first

Hospital	Charged	Actually paid	Patients
A Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA	$119,559 34% below the state average	$74,325	43
B Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA	$179,964	$75,937	33
B Boston Medical Center Boston, MA	$180,338	$89,881	28
C Brigham And Women's Hospital Boston, MA	$202,088 12% above the state average	$66,835	61
C Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA	$220,856 23% above the state average	$69,565	48

These are the averages each hospital reported to Medicare, not a quote for you. Before treatment, ask each hospital for a written good-faith estimate — you are entitled to one if you are uninsured or paying yourself.