Major Chest Surgery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, most often removing part of a lung for cancer or other disease, in patients with serious complicating conditions. Recovery typically involves chest tubes, breathing exercises, and several days in the hospital.
State average
$203,311
gross charge · DRG 163
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$80,342 – $410,088
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $80,342Cash pay $60,257 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $109,160Cash pay $76,412 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $109,160Cash pay $76,412 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $109,160Cash pay $76,412 - 5
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $138,484 - 6
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $138,484 - 7
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $138,484Medicare pays (avg) $53,406 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $153,771Cash pay $84,574 - 9
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $279,340Cash pay $59,682Medicare pays (avg) $37,068 - 10
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $363,166Cash pay $112,296Medicare pays (avg) $50,749 - 11
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $410,088Medicare pays (avg) $50,193 - 12
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $410,088 - 13
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 14
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $48,174 - 16
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $50,548 - 23
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $41,590 - 27
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
12 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for major chest surgery (DRG 163). Prices range from $80,342 to $410,088 — roughly 5×. The cheapest is Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $203,311.
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 163 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.