DRG 181 · Respiratory

Lung Cancer & Chest Tumors Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for cancer or tumors of the lung or airways, often to manage symptoms like breathing trouble, fluid buildup, or infection. Care can include oxygen, medications, and procedures to ease breathing.

State average
$110,135
gross charge · DRG 181
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$14,070 – $329,884
low to high
Lowest $14,070 Highest $329,884

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for lung cancer & chest tumors (DRG 181). Prices range from $14,070 to $329,884 — roughly 23×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $110,135.

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 cancer & chest tumors 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 cancer & chest tumors 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 cancer & chest tumors in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 181 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 $14,070
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $30,690
    Cash pay $21,483
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $30,690
    Cash pay $21,483
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $31,190
    Cash pay $23,392
  5. 5

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $43,236
  6. 6

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $43,236
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    Gross charge $43,236
  8. 8

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $49,733
    Cash pay $27,353
  9. 9

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $54,275
    Cash pay $40,707
  10. 10

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $66,999
    Cash pay $21,483
  11. 11

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $232,398
    Cash pay $50,664
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,470
  12. 12

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $242,372
    Cash pay $16,068
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,436
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $329,884
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,026
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $329,884
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    Gross charge

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