ECT cost in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, 18 hospitals publish a cash price for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session: from $200.00 to $2,252.00, with a median of $1,019.63. The lowest price is at Cambridge Health Alliance (Cambridge). The highest price is 11.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,019.63, is 5% below the US median of $1,074.00.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($877.34).
- Massachusetts ranks 22nd of 36 states by median, cheapest first.
- 9 of 18 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 90870. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 17, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$200.00Cambridge Health Alliance
Median$1,019.63half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,252.00in Massachusetts
Lowest saves$819.63vs the median
Hospitals in Massachusetts, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Health Alliance lowest Cambridge · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Electroconvulsive Therapy,1 Seiz | $200.00 | $200.00 | Mar 20, 2026 source file |
| Boston Medical Center South Brockton · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Electroconvulsive Therapy,1 Seiz | $558.31 | $1,240.69 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Electroconvulsive Therapy 1 Seiz | $589.84 | $842.63 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Electroconvulsive Therapy,1 Seiz | $661.28 | $1,469.52 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Electroconvulsive Therapy 1 Seiz | $824.60 | $1,178.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield · Pittsfield, MA Electroconvulsive Therapy | $889.59 | $936.41 | Oct 9, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Hospital Great Barrington · Pittsfield, MA Electroconvulsive Therapy | $889.59 | $936.41 | Oct 7, 2026 source file |
| North Adams Regional Hospital North Adams · Pittsfield, MA Electroconvulsive Therapy | $889.59 | $936.41 | Oct 9, 2026 source file |
| Emerson Hospital Concord · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ECT THERAPY | $941.25 | $1,255.00 | May 18, 2026 source file |
| Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke · Springfield, MA Electroconvulsive therapy | $1,098.00 | $1,098.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY | $1,219.00 | $1,219.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester · Worcester, MA HC Electroconvulsive Therapy | $1,272.00 | $1,272.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA HC ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY | $1,299.69 | $1,299.69 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA HC ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY | $1,582.05 | $1,582.05 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY | $1,797.00 | $1,797.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Electroconvulsive Therapy 1 Seiz | $2,160.90 | $3,087.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital Leominster · Worcester, MA HC Electroconvulsive Therapy | $2,212.00 | $2,212.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY | $2,252.00 | $2,252.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 10 | $200.00 | $882.92 |
| Pittsfield, MA | 3 | $889.59 | $889.59 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 2 | $1,299.69 | $1,440.87 |
| Worcester, MA | 2 | $1,272.00 | $1,742.00 |
| Springfield, MA | 1 | $1,098.00 | $1,098.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What ECT is, what the price covers and why prices differ: ECT explained.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session in other states
- Alabama$977.00
- Alaska$3,114.82, 2 hospitals
- Arizona$935.28
- Arkansas$298.75
- California$2,401.00
- Colorado$4,647.26
- Connecticut$2,118.00, 3 hospitals
- District of Columbia$663.50, 1 hospital
- Florida$1,379.30
- Georgia$3,334.69
- Idaho$2,396.14, 4 hospitals
- Illinois$904.50
- Indiana$1,269.90
- Iowa$842.62
- Kansas$3,395.17, 4 hospitals
- Kentucky$905.87
- Louisiana$523.20
- Maine$1,011.75
- Maryland$6,714.18, 1 hospital
- Michigan$827.45
- Minnesota$567.82
- Mississippi$352.59
- Missouri$1,298.48
- Montana$1,049.86, 2 hospitals
- Nebraska$585.66
- Nevada$3,770.00, 1 hospital
- New Hampshire$2,595.50
- New Jersey$587.81
- New Mexico$1,265.16, 2 hospitals
- New York$861.94
- North Carolina$1,804.50
- North Dakota$957.60
- Ohio$1,353.00
- Oklahoma$730.74
- Oregon$1,341.30
- Pennsylvania$1,262.40
- Rhode Island$342.30, 3 hospitals
- South Carolina$1,370.20
- South Dakota$1,535.20, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$785.96
- Texas$1,052.70
- Utah$3,953.27
- Vermont$873.18, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$794.50
- Washington$840.99
- West Virginia$809.00
- Wisconsin$731.25
- Wyoming$1,362.58, 1 hospital
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.