Fluid Around the Lungs Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space between the lung and the chest wall (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. Treatment usually involves draining the fluid and treating the underlying cause.
State average
$52,781
gross charge · DRG 187
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$16,077 – $130,048
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $16,077Cash pay $5,355 - 2
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $17,735 - 3
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $18,564Cash pay $10,210 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $28,858Cash pay $21,643 - 5
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $29,485 - 6
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $29,485 - 7
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $29,485 - 8
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $39,416Cash pay $29,562 - 9
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $39,416Cash pay $29,562 - 10
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $47,481Cash pay $35,611Medicare pays (avg) $10,833 - 11
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $130,048Cash pay $91,034 - 12
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $130,048Cash pay $91,034 - 13
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $130,048Cash pay $25,129 - 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
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for fluid around the lungs (DRG 187). Prices range from $16,077 to $130,048 — roughly 8×. The cheapest is Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River; the most expensive is Tufts Medical Center in Boston. The state average sits at $52,781.
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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 187 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.