US Health Care Costs

Bowel obstruction, with complications in New York

MS-DRG 389: Gastrointestinal obstruction with cc

$43,625typical hospital bill
$8,214typical amount paid
$6,702–$14,538range paid across 66 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,625 for this stay in 2024, about 5.3 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 HospitalSmithtown16$59,301$6,702
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Corning HospitalCorning13$23,694$6,774
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Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco14$36,537$6,811
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Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls17$17,644$6,882
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Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore11$13,215$6,908
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Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown16$13,669$6,917
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St Peter's HospitalAlbany33$24,900$6,981
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Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston15$80,010$7,018
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Auburn Community HospitalAuburn12$15,876$7,035
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Nyack HospitalNyack22$49,340$7,070
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Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo14$17,436$7,180
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Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs18$40,018$7,185
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Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor27$43,669$7,187
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Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington26$43,015$7,202
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Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam15$17,774$7,282
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Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern17$72,851$7,324
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Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage18$38,654$7,363
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Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow11$40,382$7,416
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Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy13$17,703$7,519
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White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains45$43,580$7,551
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Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis12$78,312$7,581
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Crouse HospitalSyracuse24$20,006$7,650
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New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn19$46,356$7,659
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Wynn HospitalUtica22$23,332$7,708
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Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre13$60,993$7,731
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Unity HospitalRochester14$12,365$7,912
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Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore14$51,958$7,929
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Plainview HospitalPlainview17$48,787$7,931
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St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn37$55,862$7,935
–$20,803$6,958–$29,881 · 55 plans
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip34$48,526$7,957
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Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue25$83,276$7,993
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Ellis HospitalSchenectady13$28,352$8,007
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Highland HospitalRochester24$17,900$8,161
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Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck16$29,975$8,268
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Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove18$43,754$8,406
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Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead20$56,053$8,408
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The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh13$34,702$8,430
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Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside28$77,229$8,866
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United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton14$21,412$8,891
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St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse23$23,850$9,089
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Bassett HealthcareCooperstown16$12,102$9,184
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Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown15$16,122$9,227
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Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown62$49,422$9,318
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Rochester General HospitalRochester17$19,482$9,417
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Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie35$37,223$9,528
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Kaleida HealthBuffalo25$32,144$9,774
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Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh13$48,108$9,931
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North Shore University HospitalManhasset39$74,396$10,006
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University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse23$65,830$10,225
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Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island43$55,842$10,316
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John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson24$66,666$10,357
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Westchester Medical CenterValhalla11$160,200$10,655
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New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing12$66,944$10,667
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Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany33$35,639$10,738
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Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park36$75,492$10,816
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Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira12$25,527$10,851
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Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York143$76,573$12,223
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New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York110$86,661$12,251
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Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn24$54,211$12,303
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Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York21$106,924$12,338
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Strong Memorial HospitalRochester22$22,963$12,426
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Lenox Hill HospitalNew York21$63,276$13,318
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Montefiore Medical CenterBronx40$106,009$13,576
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Mount Sinai HospitalNew York17$65,318$13,936
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Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook45$116,491$14,073
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South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn15$35,636$14,538
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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.