DRG 206 · Respiratory

Lung & Breathing Disorders Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Breathing or lung problems that don't fit a more specific category. The stay usually involves oxygen support as needed, breathing treatments, and tests to find the cause.

State average
$39,353
gross charge · DRG 206
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$7,699 – $131,466
low to high
Lowest $7,699 Highest $131,466

15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for lung & breathing disorders (DRG 206). Prices range from $7,699 to $131,466 — roughly 17×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $39,353.

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 lung & breathing disorders 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 lung & breathing disorders 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 lung & breathing disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 206 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $7,699
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $10,756
    Cash pay $7,529
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $10,756
    Cash pay $7,529
  4. 4
    Gross charge $16,643
    Cash pay $12,483
  5. 5

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,789
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,626
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $23,694
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $23,694
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $23,694
  9. 9

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $23,999
    Cash pay $7,529
  10. 10

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $24,639
    Cash pay $18,479
  11. 11

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $34,290
    Cash pay $18,859
  12. 12

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,135
    Cash pay $3,895
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,397
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $102,521
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,276
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $102,521
  15. 15

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $131,466
    Cash pay $32,989
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,231
  16. 16

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  19. 19

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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  20. 20

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  21. 21

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  23. 23

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  24. 24

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,441
  28. 28

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  30. 30

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,799

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