Respiratory Failure Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$38,483
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$14,134 – $81,716
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $14,134Medicare pays (avg) $18,641 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $19,625Cash pay $13,737Medicare pays (avg) $10,549 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $19,625Cash pay $13,737Medicare pays (avg) $10,307 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $19,625Cash pay $13,737Medicare pays (avg) $17,346 - 5
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $24,369Cash pay $18,276Medicare pays (avg) $9,899 - 6
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $26,401Cash pay $11,357Medicare pays (avg) $9,142 - 7
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $33,645Cash pay $25,233Medicare pays (avg) $9,132 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $39,163Medicare pays (avg) $10,539 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $39,163Medicare pays (avg) $9,526 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $39,163Medicare pays (avg) $13,484 - 11
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $40,864Cash pay $22,475Medicare pays (avg) $9,854 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $59,548Cash pay $44,661Medicare pays (avg) $12,148 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $81,716Cash pay $61,287Medicare pays (avg) $13,127 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $81,716Cash pay $61,287Medicare pays (avg) $9,840 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,704 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,654 - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,455 - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,414 - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,802 - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,311 - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,615 - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,512 - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,618 - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,465 - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,007 - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,013
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for respiratory failure (DRG 189). Prices range from $14,134 to $81,716 — roughly $67,582 apart. 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 $38,483.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.