Respiratory Infection Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
An infection or inflammation deep in the lungs, such as aspiration pneumonia or a lung abscess. Hospital care typically involves IV antibiotics, oxygen if needed, and monitoring of breathing.
State average
$108,413
gross charge · DRG 179
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$16,147 – $336,478
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $16,147 - 2
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $17,383Cash pay $12,168 - 3
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $17,383Cash pay $12,168 - 4
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $17,383Cash pay $12,168 - 5
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $19,357 - 6
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $19,357 - 7
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $19,357 - 8
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $19,717Cash pay $14,788Medicare pays (avg) $4,804 - 9
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $28,729Cash pay $21,547 - 10
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $124,148Cash pay $68,282 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $210,521Cash pay $7,253Medicare pays (avg) $5,049 - 12
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $335,345Cash pay $20,622 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $336,478 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $336,478 - 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 — - 18
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,706 - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,451 - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for respiratory infection (DRG 179). Prices range from $16,147 to $336,478 — roughly 21×. 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 $108,413.
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 infection 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 infection 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 infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 179 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.