DRG 175 · Respiratory

Pulmonary Embolism Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A blood clot that has traveled to the lungs, straining the heart and making it hard to breathe. Care involves blood-thinning medicines, oxygen, and close monitoring of the heart and lungs, sometimes in an intensive care unit.

State average
$83,826
gross charge · DRG 175
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$24,061 – $243,183
low to high
Lowest $24,061 Highest $243,183

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for pulmonary embolism (DRG 175). Prices range from $24,061 to $243,183 — roughly 10×. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The state average sits at $83,826.

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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 175 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $24,061
  2. 2

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    Gross charge $24,962
    Cash pay $17,473
  3. 3

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $24,962
    Cash pay $17,473
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,149
    Cash pay $23,361
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,731
  5. 5

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,595
    Cash pay $24,446
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,079
  6. 6

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $32,734
    Cash pay $5,725
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $41,963
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,405
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $41,963
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    48 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $41,963
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,651
  10. 10

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $52,624
    Cash pay $28,943
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,159
  11. 11

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    41 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $188,104
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,832
  12. 12

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $188,104
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,401
  13. 13

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $205,202
    Cash pay $14,668
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,977
  14. 14

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $243,183
    Cash pay $55,947
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,258
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,931
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,584
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,280
  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,632
  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,546
  24. 24

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,607
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,298
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,033
  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,892

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