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Massachusetts General Hospital vs Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 31 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is cheaper on more procedures (17 vs 13).

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Mass General Brigham
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 13 of 31 procedures
vs.
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Burlington, MA
Beth Israel Lahey Health
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 17 of 31 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Massachusetts Lahey Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $3,858 $2,945 Lahey ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $4,861 $4,115 Lahey ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $3,281 $2,945 Lahey ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $2,499 $2,945 Massachusetts ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $2,130 $1,991 Lahey ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $740 $1,214 Massachusetts ↓
Mammogram, screening $506 $728 Massachusetts ↓
DXA bone density scan $495 $852 Massachusetts ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $281 $206 Lahey ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $134 $127 Lahey ↓
Lipid panel $125 $73 Lahey ↓
CBC with differential $94 $58 Lahey ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $150 $113 Lahey ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $122 $75 Lahey ↓
Urinalysis $32 $58 Massachusetts ↓
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $2,912 $2,868 Lahey ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $1,964 $4,044 Massachusetts ↓
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $2,769 $2,825 Massachusetts ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $2,395 $2,250 Lahey ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $215 $236 Massachusetts ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $317 $236 Lahey ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $839 $2,172 Massachusetts ↓
Polysomnography (sleep study) $5,123 $3,618 Lahey ↓
Total abdominal hysterectomy $4,828 — tie
Thyroid ultrasound $621 $807 Massachusetts ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $308 $236 Lahey ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $502 $317 Lahey ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $5,014 $8,022 Massachusetts ↓
Prostate biopsy $513 $2,930 Massachusetts ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,909 $1,009 Lahey ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $237 $366 Massachusetts ↓

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025. Bold = higher score.

Measure Massachusetts Lahey
HCAHPS overall star rating 4/5 3/5
Would definitely recommend 85% 72%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 80% 70%
Nurses always communicated well 82% 80%
Doctors always communicated well 84% 81%
Given clear info about recovery 90% 87%
Room and bathroom always clean 70% 62%
Staff always explained meds 66% 61%
Quiet at night, always 45% 50%

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How to read this comparison.

The cash-pay price is what an uninsured patient would be charged at each hospital. It's the cleanest apples-to-apples comparison because it doesn't depend on your insurance plan.

The CMS rating is the federal quality composite, built from ~50 measures spanning safety, mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness. A 5-star hospital may not be the best at every procedure, and a 3-star hospital can have a strong specific service line. Treat the rating as one input, not the answer.

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