Collapsed Lung Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A collapsed lung (pneumothorax) happens when air leaks into the space around the lung. Treatment often involves a small chest tube to remove the air so the lung can re-expand, with monitoring until breathing improves.
State average
$49,802
gross charge · DRG 201
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$10,197 – $166,691
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $10,197Cash pay $7,138 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $10,197Cash pay $7,138 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $10,197Cash pay $7,138 - 4
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $22,393 - 5
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $22,393 - 6
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $22,393 - 7
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $22,747 - 8
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
Gross charge $22,900 - 9
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $26,559Cash pay $3,804 - 10
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $43,357 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $100,712Cash pay $16,070 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $166,691 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $166,691 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 24
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for collapsed lung (DRG 201). Prices range from $10,197 to $166,691 — roughly 16×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $49,802.
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 collapsed lung 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 collapsed lung 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 collapsed lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 201 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.