Pneumonia Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with major comorbidities.
State average
$40,138
gross charge · DRG 193
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$11,911 – $111,876
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $11,911Cash pay $8,337Medicare pays (avg) $9,960 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $11,911Cash pay $8,337Medicare pays (avg) $9,705 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $11,911Cash pay $8,337Medicare pays (avg) $13,599 - 4
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $16,510Medicare pays (avg) $18,610 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $24,454Cash pay $18,341Medicare pays (avg) $10,042 - 6
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $30,935Cash pay $23,201Medicare pays (avg) $9,188 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $31,670Medicare pays (avg) $10,379 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $31,670Medicare pays (avg) $10,129 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $31,670Medicare pays (avg) $14,188 - 10
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $44,354Cash pay $24,395Medicare pays (avg) $9,659 - 11
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $62,715Cash pay $47,036Medicare pays (avg) $13,117 - 12
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $62,715Cash pay $47,036Medicare pays (avg) $10,878 - 13
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $77,629Cash pay $13,796Medicare pays (avg) $9,991 - 14
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $111,876Cash pay $40,354Medicare pays (avg) $13,295 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,018 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,987 - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,455 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,797 - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,548 - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,632 - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,353 - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,365 - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,974 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,110 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,922 - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,287 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,136
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for pneumonia (DRG 193). Prices range from $11,911 to $111,876 — roughly $99,965 apart. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $40,138.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 193 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.