US Health Care Costs

Fever and Inflammatory Conditions in New York

MS-DRG 864: Fever and inflammatory conditions

$71,860typical hospital bill
$12,175typical amount paid
$10,951–$16,045range paid across 6 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $71,860 for this stay in 2024, about 5.9 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)
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park13$52,910$10,951
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North Shore University HospitalManhasset19$67,270$11,835
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St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn11$46,949$12,136
–$23,617$7,795–$33,475 · 55 plans
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York16$76,450$12,214
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Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook16$90,352$12,269
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Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York26$135,126$16,045
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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.