Major Chest Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, such as removing part of a lung. The stay includes the operation, a chest tube while the lungs heal, and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$84,663
gross charge · DRG 164
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$30,730 – $124,974
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $30,730Cash pay $21,511 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $30,730Cash pay $21,511 - 3
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $46,269Cash pay $34,701Medicare pays (avg) $19,645 - 4
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $55,568Cash pay $41,676 - 5
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $59,396Cash pay $21,511Medicare pays (avg) $27,387 - 6
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $85,343Cash pay $33,025Medicare pays (avg) $19,391 - 7
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $94,463Cash pay $70,847Medicare pays (avg) $25,679 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $95,485Cash pay $52,517Medicare pays (avg) $20,452 - 9
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $113,855Cash pay $85,392Medicare pays (avg) $25,262 - 10
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $113,855Cash pay $85,392 - 11
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $124,974 - 12
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $124,974 - 13
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $124,974Medicare pays (avg) $26,115 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,099 - 17
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,004 - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,372
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for major chest surgery (DRG 164). Prices range from $30,730 to $124,974 — roughly $94,244 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus in Worcester. The state average sits at $84,663.
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 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 major 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 major chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 164 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.