Respiratory Condition with Ventilator Support Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A breathing problem severe enough to need a mechanical ventilator for up to about four days. The stay typically involves intensive care, medications to keep the patient comfortable on the ventilator, and treatment of the underlying lung condition.
State average
$89,654
gross charge · DRG 208
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$29,420 – $137,854
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $29,420 - 2
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $61,158Cash pay $45,869Medicare pays (avg) $23,951 - 3
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $62,102Cash pay $27,173Medicare pays (avg) $20,665 - 4
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $69,394Cash pay $52,045 - 5
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $80,262Cash pay $44,144 - 6
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $92,403 - 7
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $92,403 - 8
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $92,403Medicare pays (avg) $30,446 - 9
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $99,873Cash pay $74,905Medicare pays (avg) $26,771 - 10
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $100,009Cash pay $70,006Medicare pays (avg) $20,266 - 11
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $100,009Cash pay $70,006Medicare pays (avg) $19,722 - 12
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $100,009Cash pay $34,170 - 13
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $137,854Cash pay $103,390Medicare pays (avg) $36,730 - 14
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $137,854Cash pay $103,390 - 15
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,001 - 16
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,695 - 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) $38,913 - 27
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,297
14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for respiratory condition with ventilator support (DRG 208). Prices range from $29,420 to $137,854 — roughly 5×. 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 $89,654.
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 condition with 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 respiratory condition with 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 respiratory condition with ventilator support in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 208 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.