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Lowell General Hospital

LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL in Lowell, MA charges 2.9x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 115 analyzed procedures, representing typical pricing for a nonprofit hospital in the region.

Lowell, MA 01854 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 2/5

By Elena Vasquez , Medical Billing Research Lead · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
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Elena Vasquez leads hospital billing pattern analysis at BillRazor Research. She focuses on identifying overcharges, markup outliers, and patient advocacy strategies. Expertise: hospital billing patterns, overcharge analysis, patient advocacy.

115 procedures analyzed
CMS price transparency data
Updated 2026-04-03
Median 3.0x1.1x15.0x
2.9x
Medicare markup ratio
MA lowestLowell General HospitalMA highest
2.9x
Avg markup ratio
2.8x
Median markup
115
Procedures
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Pricing grade

B

Good

Avg markup vs Medicare

2.87x

Charge / Medicare rate

Max markup

5.5x

Worst procedure

Procedures analyzed

115

With pricing data

Outlier procedures

0%

Above 90th percentile

Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.

ProcedureCodeGross chargeCash priceMedicareMarkup
GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC390$18,977$9,4885.5x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC322$52,714$26,3574.3x
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC069$22,350$11,1754.2x
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC310$13,828$6,9144.1x
DISORDERS OF THE BILIARY TRACT WITHOUT CC/MCC446$19,940$9,9704.1x
CELLULITIS WITH MCC602$28,846$14,4234x
OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH CC699$24,148$12,0744x
CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC287$28,443$14,2213.8x
PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITHOUT MCC176$20,242$10,1213.7x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC066$17,758$8,8793.7x
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITHOUT MCC556$29,054$14,5273.7x
CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC473$74,005$37,0023.7x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC247$52,758$26,3793.7x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC281$22,405$11,2023.6x
CHEST PAIN313$24,121$12,0603.6x
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC309$18,636$9,3183.5x
GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITH MCC388$38,487$19,2443.5x
FRACTURES OF HIP AND PELVIS WITHOUT MCC536$17,860$8,9303.5x
GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITH CC389$20,050$10,0253.5x
OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH CC315$24,329$12,1643.4x
CIRRHOSIS AND ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITH MCC432$44,758$22,3793.4x
MAJOR GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS AND PERITONEAL INFECTIONS WITH MCC371$40,864$20,4323.4x
DISORDERS OF PANCREAS EXCEPT MALIGNANCY WITH CC439$20,820$10,4103.3x
BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA WITH CC/MCC202$20,938$10,4693.3x
SEIZURES WITHOUT MCC101$21,844$10,9223.3x
ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITH MCC391$29,294$14,6473.3x
SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITHOUT CC/MCC195$13,988$6,9943.3x
DYSEQUILIBRIUM149$16,813$8,4073.2x
TRAUMA TO THE SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST WITHOUT MCC605$20,477$10,2393.2x
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC948$17,200$8,6003.2x
CIRRHOSIS AND ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITH CC433$24,690$12,3453.1x
CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC286$51,483$25,7423.1x
RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC812$20,770$10,3853.1x
ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC392$17,359$8,6793.1x
OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH CC394$21,953$10,9773.1x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC872$21,622$10,8113.1x
SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC194$17,689$8,8443.1x
POISONING AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF DRUGS WITH MCC917$36,254$18,1273x
FRACTURE, SPRAIN, STRAIN AND DISLOCATION EXCEPT FEMUR, HIP, PELVIS AND THIGH WITHOUT MCC563$16,970$8,4853x
KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITHOUT CC/MCC661$21,712$10,8563x
MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC331$34,620$17,3103x
MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC552$18,586$9,2933x
KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITH CC660$27,288$13,6443x
NONSPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH MCC070$49,255$24,6283x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES O246$70,560$35,2803x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC280$32,032$16,0163x
LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH CC418$31,335$15,6683x
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC308$25,041$12,5213x
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC516$47,171$23,5852.9x
MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC641$15,886$7,9432.9x

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Data: Federal hospital pricing data, updated annually. All data publicly available under federal law.

Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.

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