DRG 202 · Respiratory

Bronchitis & Asthma Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

An asthma attack or a bout of bronchitis severe enough to need hospital care. Treatment typically includes inhaled breathing medicines, steroids, and oxygen until breathing returns to normal.

State average
$24,703
gross charge · DRG 202
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$7,683 – $40,714
low to high
Lowest $7,683 Highest $40,714

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for bronchitis & asthma (DRG 202). Prices range from $7,683 to $40,714 — roughly $33,031 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $24,703.

These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists bronchitis & asthma at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent bronchitis & asthma admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Massachusetts hospitals missing from the list either don't perform bronchitis & asthma in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 202 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $7,683
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $15,168
    Cash pay $10,618
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,091
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $15,168
    Cash pay $10,618
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,798
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $15,626
    Cash pay $11,719
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,229
  5. 5

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $19,542
    Cash pay $9,749
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,673
  6. 6

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $24,815
    Cash pay $18,612
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $25,276
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,513
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $25,276
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $25,276
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,691
  10. 10

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $26,864
    Cash pay $10,618
  11. 11

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $27,298
    Cash pay $15,014
  12. 12

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,419
    Cash pay $27,314
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,584
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $40,714
    Cash pay $30,536
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,401
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $40,714
    Cash pay $30,536
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,531
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,640
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,814
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,179
  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,190
  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,956
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,169
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,667
  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,849

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