Tracheostomy with Long-Term Ventilation Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Placement of a breathing tube in the neck (tracheostomy) for patients who need a ventilator for an extended period. These are long, intensive stays with around-the-clock care, usually in an intensive care unit.
State average
$529,674
gross charge · DRG 004
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$35,043 – $1,336,462
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $35,043Cash pay $24,530 - 2
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $35,043Cash pay $24,530 - 3
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $35,043Cash pay $24,530 - 4
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $187,612Cash pay $103,187 - 5
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $464,739 - 6
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $467,237 - 7
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $467,237 - 8
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $467,237Medicare pays (avg) $133,970 - 9
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $522,523Cash pay $391,892 - 10
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $574,576Cash pay $430,932Medicare pays (avg) $158,334 - 11
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $956,549Cash pay $103,678 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $1,336,462Medicare pays (avg) $123,406 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $1,336,462 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $163,975 - 24
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for tracheostomy with long-term ventilation (DRG 004). Prices range from $35,043 to $1,336,462 — roughly 38×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $529,674.
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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 004 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.