US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in New York

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$56,842typical hospital bill
$8,555typical amount paid
$6,242–$20,350range paid across 31 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,842 for this stay in 2024, about 6.6 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 staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown26$55,991$6,242
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Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls12$20,089$6,474
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St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn24$47,844$6,853
–$19,399$6,489–$27,865 · 55 plans
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern19$75,727$6,864
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Wynn HospitalUtica11$26,081$7,152
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Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston18$64,138$7,179
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New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn14$37,560$7,222
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Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead21$43,358$7,257
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Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre17$64,922$7,316
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Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue26$93,921$7,445
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Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip22$55,420$7,445
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Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow13$69,611$7,811
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Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown17$42,443$7,813
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Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington31$43,939$7,976
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Rochester General HospitalRochester13$19,490$8,077
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Plainview HospitalPlainview27$51,621$8,555
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White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains16$56,842$9,022
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Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island34$55,424$9,055
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New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing30$65,101$9,435
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North Shore University HospitalManhasset52$67,180$9,983
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Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York41$55,371$10,199
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Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook29$73,388$10,388
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Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park53$73,734$10,420
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Mount Sinai WestNew York28$65,870$10,492
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New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York74$69,113$10,707
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Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York67$90,757$11,395
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Lenox Hill HospitalNew York20$78,739$11,463
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Montefiore Medical CenterBronx47$65,422$11,966
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Mount Sinai HospitalNew York28$62,441$12,502
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South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn14$32,199$13,614
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Jacobi Medical CenterBronx14$27,753$20,350
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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.