ECMO or Tracheostomy with Ventilation Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
The most intensive level of life support: a heart-lung bypass machine (ECMO) or a surgically placed breathing tube (tracheostomy) with a ventilator for an extended period. These are long intensive-care stays for critically ill patients whose heart or lungs are failing.
State average
$555,957
gross charge · DRG 003
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$99,128 – $1,099,429
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $99,128Cash pay $74,346 - 2
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $287,544Cash pay $131,811 - 3
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $320,357Cash pay $240,268 - 4
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $375,261Cash pay $262,683 - 5
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $375,261Cash pay $262,683 - 6
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $375,261Cash pay $262,683Medicare pays (avg) $296,224 - 7
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $484,816Cash pay $739,041Medicare pays (avg) $262,180 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $648,595 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $648,595 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $648,595Medicare pays (avg) $230,807 - 11
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $765,172Cash pay $420,845 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $1,099,429Cash pay $824,571Medicare pays (avg) $276,447 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $1,099,429Cash pay $824,571 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $328,480 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $208,717 - 28
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation (DRG 003). Prices range from $99,128 to $1,099,429 — roughly 11×. The cheapest is Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - in Boston; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $555,957.
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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 003 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.