Lung & Chest Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
An operation involving the lungs or chest, such as removing diseased tissue or draining fluid from around the lungs. The stay includes surgery, chest tubes, and close breathing monitoring.
State average
$136,365
gross charge · DRG 166
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$23,629 – $324,958
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $23,629 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $50,714Cash pay $35,500 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $50,714Cash pay $35,500 - 4
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $59,320Cash pay $44,490 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $70,427Cash pay $52,820 - 6
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $70,437Cash pay $52,827 - 7
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $73,443Cash pay $35,500 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $89,712Cash pay $49,341 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $131,168 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $131,168 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $131,168Medicare pays (avg) $38,390 - 12
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $214,781Cash pay $30,741Medicare pays (avg) $28,246 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $298,882Cash pay $129,021Medicare pays (avg) $32,653 - 14
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $324,958Medicare pays (avg) $38,576 - 15
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $324,958 - 16
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $41,361 - 19
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $44,874 - 28
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 31
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —
15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for lung & chest surgery (DRG 166). Prices range from $23,629 to $324,958 — roughly 14×. 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 $136,365.
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 & chest surgery 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 & chest surgery 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 & chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 166 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.