Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Migraine And Other Headaches,MODERATE
Low
$3.2k
Average
$15.8k
Median
$13.1k
High
$50.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $10.6k | $15.6k | $9.0k | 58% | 11–110 | $4.4k – $45.7k |
| 2 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $18.3k | $16.5k | $7.4k | 45% | 10–100 | $4.4k – $29.3k |
| 3 | Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Boston, MA | $8.7k | $11.0k | $5.5k | 50% | 8–80 | $4.4k – $24.8k |
| 4 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA | $10.0k | $12.0k | $5.9k | 49% | 6–60 | $4.7k – $32.4k |
| 5 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $9.6k | $10.7k | $4.5k | 42% | 5–50 | $4.9k – $19.3k |
| 6 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA | $18.5k | $16.1k | $6.0k | 37% | 4–40 | $4.4k – $21.2k |
| 7 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA | $9.5k | $10.3k | $4.4k | 43% | 4–40 | $4.4k – $21.2k |
| 8 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, MA | $6.0k | $9.0k | $5.4k | 60% | 3–30 | $4.4k – $16.6k |
| 9 | Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Continuing Medical Care Cambridge Cambridge, MA | $50.2k | $50.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $50.2k – $50.2k |
| 10 | Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA | $9.3k | $11.7k | $6.5k | 55% | 1–10 | $4.7k – $36.4k |
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