US Health Care Costs

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 191: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with cc

$17,875typical hospital bill
$7,539typical amount paid
$6,791–$16,706range paid across 36 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $17,875 for this stay in 2024, about 2.4 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton11$14,870$6,791
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth33$20,649$6,914
Winchester HospitalWinchester23$14,102$6,927
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport25$17,470$7,010
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton22$11,991$7,112
Baystate Wing HospitalPalmer20$13,760$7,144
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly24$17,860$7,193
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton12$10,273$7,207
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River16$18,309$7,228
Heywood Hospital -Gardner15$15,048$7,245
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham12$14,954$7,281
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington HospitalSouthbridge15$18,516$7,322
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro27$15,868$7,364
Baystate Franklin Medical CenterGreenfield14$13,250$7,370
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton32$22,360$7,408
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth79$14,485$7,412
Lowell General HospitalLowell42$16,237$7,515
Umass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster21$18,082$7,538
Holy Family HospitalMethuen11$14,476$7,540
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River87$18,110$7,590
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose26$19,579$8,159
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence15$17,889$8,403
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis17$20,918$8,827
North Shore Medical Center -Salem36$23,068$8,846
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge11$11,857$8,849
Signature Healthcare Brockton HospitalBrockton12$22,360$9,212
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield16$16,372$9,444
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington12$16,014$9,503
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield25$13,269$9,814
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain25$38,275$9,988
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston15$45,567$10,963
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston27$45,157$11,251
Tufts Medical CenterBoston21$24,061$11,450
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston19$18,671$11,588
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester30$35,930$11,767
Boston Medical CenterBoston20$21,078$16,706

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.