Pneumonia Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $7,564 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $10,304Cash pay $7,213Medicare pays (avg) $5,629 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $10,304Cash pay $7,213Medicare pays (avg) $5,322 - 4
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $11,020Cash pay $8,265 - 5
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $22,854Medicare pays (avg) $5,931 - 6
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $22,854Medicare pays (avg) $5,843 - 7
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $22,854Medicare pays (avg) $8,470 - 8
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $30,067Cash pay $16,537Medicare pays (avg) $5,945 - 9
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
Gross charge $39,630 - 10
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $53,451Cash pay $6,530Medicare pays (avg) $8,104 - 11
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $60,003Medicare pays (avg) $5,507 - 12
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $60,684Medicare pays (avg) $5,039 - 13
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $84,965Cash pay $7,315Medicare pays (avg) $5,585 - 14
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $111,636Cash pay $28,268Medicare pays (avg) $7,502 - 15
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $120,625Medicare pays (avg) $7,188 - 16
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $120,625Medicare pays (avg) $6,408 - 17
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,985 - 18
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,297 - 20
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,897 - 21
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,230 - 22
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,098 - 25
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,427 - 26
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,118 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,275 - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,644 - 29
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,986 - 31
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,522 - 32
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,569
16 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for pneumonia (DRG 194). Prices range from $7,564 to $120,625 — roughly 16×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $49,340.
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 194 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.