Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$54,336
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$24,715 – $90,095
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $24,715Cash pay $18,536 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $36,967Cash pay $25,877 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $36,967Cash pay $25,877 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $36,967Cash pay $25,877 - 5
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $38,907Cash pay $16,719 - 6
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $46,247Cash pay $25,436 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $54,511 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $54,511 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $54,511 - 10
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $54,709 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $61,577Cash pay $46,183 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $85,012Cash pay $63,759Medicare pays (avg) $16,640 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $85,012Cash pay $63,759 - 14
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $90,095Cash pay $67,572 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for fluid around the lung (DRG 186). Prices range from $24,715 to $90,095 — roughly $65,380 apart. The cheapest is Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton; the most expensive is Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. The state average sits at $54,336.
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 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 fluid around the 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 fluid around the lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.