Pulmonary Embolism Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A blood clot that has traveled to the lungs, causing chest pain and shortness of breath. The hospital stay involves blood-thinning medicines, oxygen if needed, and monitoring while the clot stabilizes.
State average
$48,710
gross charge · DRG 176
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$12,736 – $186,489
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $12,736Cash pay $8,915Medicare pays (avg) $5,010 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $12,736Cash pay $8,915Medicare pays (avg) $5,578 - 3
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $13,998 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $21,425Cash pay $16,069Medicare pays (avg) $6,035 - 5
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $23,201Cash pay $17,400Medicare pays (avg) $4,871 - 6
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $25,596Cash pay $8,915 - 7
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $29,404Medicare pays (avg) $5,895 - 8
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $29,404 - 9
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $29,404Medicare pays (avg) $7,916 - 10
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $32,995Cash pay $18,147 - 11
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $44,168Cash pay $33,126Medicare pays (avg) $7,688 - 12
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $44,168Cash pay $33,126 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $176,216Cash pay $35,401Medicare pays (avg) $7,404 - 14
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $186,489Cash pay $7,741Medicare pays (avg) $5,748 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $6,897 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,479 - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,439 - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,265
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for pulmonary embolism (DRG 176). Prices range from $12,736 to $186,489 — roughly 15×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River. The state average sits at $48,710.
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 176 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.