US Health Care Costs

Pneumothorax with Cc in New York

MS-DRG 200: Pneumothorax with cc

$79,641typical hospital bill
$13,626typical amount paid
$9,436–$25,887range paid across 8 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $79,641 for this stay in 2024, about 5.8 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 Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn14$74,198$9,436
–$25,952$9,614–$41,284 · 55 plans
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown12$52,187$11,726
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Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany12$34,082$12,510
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University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse20$96,802$12,605
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Westchester Medical CenterValhalla12$155,609$14,646
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Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo18$43,803$15,110
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Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York16$85,084$16,684
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New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York27$164,230$25,887
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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.