DRG 870 · Infection & Sepsis

Sepsis with Prolonged Ventilator Support Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

A life-threatening infection that has spread through the bloodstream, severe enough to require a breathing machine for more than four days. Care takes place in intensive care with IV antibiotics, fluids, and close monitoring of organ function.

State average
$229,810
gross charge · DRG 870
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$118,450 – $391,218
low to high
Lowest $118,450 Highest $391,218

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for sepsis with prolonged ventilator support (DRG 870). Prices range from $118,450 to $391,218 — roughly 3×. 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 $229,810.

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 sepsis with prolonged 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 sepsis with prolonged 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 sepsis with prolonged ventilator support in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 870 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 $118,450
  2. 2

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $156,088
    Cash pay $61,009
    Medicare pays (avg) $52,750
  3. 3

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    Gross charge $185,179
    Cash pay $138,884
  4. 4

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    Gross charge $186,863
    Cash pay $140,147
  5. 5

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $193,112
    Cash pay $135,179
    Medicare pays (avg) $52,320
  6. 6

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    Gross charge $193,112
    Cash pay $135,179
  7. 7

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    Gross charge $196,417
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    Gross charge $196,417
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    84 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $196,417
    Medicare pays (avg) $72,011
  10. 10

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    Gross charge $209,575
    Cash pay $115,266
  11. 11

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    46 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $280,362
    Cash pay $210,272
    Medicare pays (avg) $70,657
  12. 12

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge $322,912
    Cash pay $135,179
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $391,218
    Cash pay $293,414
    Medicare pays (avg) $71,360
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    Gross charge $391,218
    Cash pay $293,414
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $70,432
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $55,045
  20. 20

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $63,394
  23. 23

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    Gross charge
  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

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $102,818
  27. 27

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $55,803
  29. 29

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    46 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $64,853

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