Respiratory failure in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$24,147typical hospital bill

$11,266typical amount paid

$9,800–$22,676range paid across 46 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,147 for this stay in 2024, about 2.1 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Baystate Franklin Medical Center	Greenfield	27	$21,191	$9,800
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham	Needham	41	$18,398	$9,849
Emerson Hospital -	W Concord	19	$24,231	$9,884
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton	Milton	34	$19,284	$9,905
Falmouth Hospital	Falmouth	57	$25,764	$9,987
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc	Northampton	37	$23,136	$10,101
Baystate Noble Hospital	Westfield	44	$17,289	$10,250
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	153	$20,623	$10,317
Anna Jaques Hospital	Newburyport	19	$22,594	$10,342
Northeast Hospital Corporation	Beverly	85	$21,413	$10,345
Good Samaritan Medical Center	Brockton	50	$17,254	$10,463
Brown University Health Morton Hospital	Taunton	58	$21,622	$10,487
Marlborough Hospital	Marlborough	14	$34,540	$10,525
Winchester Hospital	Winchester	84	$17,287	$10,577
Sturdy Memorial Hospital	Attleboro	58	$25,724	$10,607
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital	Southbridge	12	$20,162	$10,614
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	122	$28,317	$10,723
Baystate Wing Hospital	Palmer	52	$21,779	$10,780
Milford Regional Medical Center	Milford	122	$15,684	$10,866
Mercy Medical Ctr	Springfield	29	$20,888	$10,922
Holy Family Hospital	Methuen	26	$20,797	$10,925
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	72	$25,659	$11,173
Heywood Hospital -	Gardner	18	$20,460	$11,217
Newton-Wellesley Hospital	Newton	13	$42,023	$11,314
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	30	$26,077	$11,583
Saint Anne's Hospital	Fall River	17	$18,234	$11,603
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	64	$31,808	$11,856
Metrowest Medical Center	Framingham	40	$51,158	$12,205
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals	Leominster	37	$42,261	$12,224
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence	36	$19,718	$12,470
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	174	$24,380	$12,657
Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital	Jamaica Plain	14	$47,117	$12,950
Berkshire Medical Center	Pittsfield	56	$22,373	$13,213
Melrosewakefield Healthcare	Melrose	13	$23,711	$13,485
Mount Auburn Hospital	Cambridge	16	$25,173	$13,561
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	126	$22,943	$13,591
St Vincent Hospital	Worcester	48	$45,129	$13,764
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	175	$27,323	$14,174
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	139	$55,370	$16,714
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	29	$93,858	$16,974
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	63	$38,624	$17,766
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	49	$69,445	$17,800
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital	Brockton	17	$52,238	$18,586
Cambridge Health Alliance	Cambridge	20	$24,063	$20,793
Tufts Medical Center	Boston	14	$81,047	$21,337
Boston Medical Center	Boston	21	$38,957	$22,676

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.