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. A hospital stay usually involves oxygen, inhaled breathing treatments, and steroid or antibiotic medicines until breathing improves.
State average
$63,440
gross charge · DRG 191
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$14,473 – $220,520
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $14,473Cash pay $10,131Medicare pays (avg) $6,263 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $14,473Cash pay $10,131Medicare pays (avg) $5,747 - 3
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $15,955 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $18,272Cash pay $13,704Medicare pays (avg) $6,204 - 5
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $24,337Cash pay $18,253 - 6
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $27,208Cash pay $6,273Medicare pays (avg) $8,813 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $28,117Medicare pays (avg) $6,455 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $28,117Medicare pays (avg) $6,234 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $28,117Medicare pays (avg) $9,044 - 10
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $32,192Cash pay $17,706 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $41,617Cash pay $9,423Medicare pays (avg) $5,878 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $197,378Medicare pays (avg) $8,223 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $197,378Medicare pays (avg) $8,032 - 14
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $220,520Cash pay $30,193Medicare pays (avg) $8,088 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,205 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,665 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,483 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $6,915 - 23
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,070 - 24
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,835 - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,496 - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,168 - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,565 - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,604 - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,660
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for copd (DRG 191). Prices range from $14,473 to $220,520 — roughly 15×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $63,440.
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 191 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.