DRG 183 · Respiratory

Major Chest Injury Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A serious chest injury, such as multiple broken ribs or a bruised lung, often from a fall or vehicle crash. The hospital stay involves pain control, breathing support and therapy, and close monitoring of the lungs.

State average
$108,448
gross charge · DRG 183
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$16,188 – $329,826
low to high
Lowest $16,188 Highest $329,826

13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for major chest injury (DRG 183). Prices range from $16,188 to $329,826 — roughly 20×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $108,448.

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 major chest injury 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 major chest injury 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 major chest injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 183 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

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $16,188
    Cash pay $11,332
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $16,188
    Cash pay $11,332
  3. 3

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $23,995
    Cash pay $11,332
  4. 4

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $36,382
    Cash pay $27,286
  5. 5

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $38,398
    Cash pay $28,799
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,657
  6. 6

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $43,510
    Cash pay $23,931
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $67,306
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $67,306
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    59 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $67,306
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,945
  10. 10

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $179,086
    Cash pay $14,551
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,761
  11. 11

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $194,507
    Cash pay $68,144
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,621
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $329,826
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,718
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $329,826
  14. 14

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

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  15. 15

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

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  16. 16

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

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  17. 17

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

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  18. 18

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

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  19. 19

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

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  20. 20

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

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  21. 21

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

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  22. 22

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

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  23. 23

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

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  24. 24

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

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  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,857
  26. 26

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

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  27. 27

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

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  28. 28

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

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  29. 29

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,378

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