Pneumonia Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy without major complications.
State average
$16,778
gross charge · DRG 195
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$11,293 – $31,270
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $11,293 - 2
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $11,293 - 3
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $11,293 - 4
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $11,893Cash pay $8,325Medicare pays (avg) $3,768 - 5
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $11,893Cash pay $8,325 - 6
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $11,893Cash pay $8,325 - 7
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $12,931Cash pay $9,699Medicare pays (avg) $3,931 - 8
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $13,752 - 9
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $13,987Cash pay $7,693 - 10
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $18,986Cash pay $14,240 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $20,886Cash pay $9,541Medicare pays (avg) $3,977 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $22,249Cash pay $16,687 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $31,270Cash pay $23,453 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $31,270Cash pay $23,453 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,899 - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,380 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,645
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for pneumonia (DRG 195). Prices range from $11,293 to $31,270 — roughly $19,978 apart. The cheapest is Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals in Leominster; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $16,778.
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 195 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.