Prolonged Ventilator Support Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A serious lung or breathing condition that requires a mechanical ventilator (breathing machine) for more than four days. This involves intensive care with continuous monitoring and breathing support.
State average
$170,646
gross charge · DRG 207
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$32,475 – $288,195
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $32,475 - 2
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $54,512 - 3
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $78,971Medicare pays (avg) $80,281 - 4
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $78,971 - 5
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $106,243Cash pay $58,434 - 6
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $158,698Cash pay $6,753Medicare pays (avg) $53,877 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $213,943 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $213,943 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $213,943Medicare pays (avg) $82,784 - 10
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $259,079Cash pay $181,355Medicare pays (avg) $55,461 - 11
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $259,079Cash pay $181,355 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $260,352Cash pay $195,264Medicare pays (avg) $72,166 - 13
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $288,195Cash pay $181,355 - 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 — - 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) $90,853 - 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 —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for prolonged ventilator support (DRG 207). Prices range from $32,475 to $288,195 — roughly 9×. The cheapest is Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton; the most expensive is Tufts Medical Center in Boston. The state average sits at $170,646.
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 prolonged ventilator support 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 prolonged ventilator support 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 prolonged ventilator support in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 207 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.