COPD Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A flare-up of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a long-term lung condition that makes breathing difficult. Hospital care typically includes inhaled breathing treatments, steroids, oxygen if needed, and monitoring until breathing improves.
State average
$36,692
gross charge · DRG 192
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$12,881 – $185,481
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $12,881 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $14,487Cash pay $10,141Medicare pays (avg) $4,039 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $14,487Cash pay $10,141 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $16,228Cash pay $12,171 - 5
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $17,312 - 6
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $17,312 - 7
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $17,312 - 8
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $17,478Cash pay $13,109 - 9
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $19,463Cash pay $10,141 - 10
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $25,205Cash pay $13,863 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $82,660Cash pay $8,537Medicare pays (avg) $4,456 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $185,481Cash pay $24,383 - 13
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 14
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
12 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for copd (DRG 192). Prices range from $12,881 to $185,481 — roughly 14×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $36,692.
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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 192 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.