US Health Care Costs

Metropolitan Hospital Center

1901 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029 · (212) 423-6262

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$100what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$126.9Mnet income, all sources
1.4%margin on patient care alone
$118.5Mcost of charity care (25.8% of costs)
$15.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
196beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87125$95,383$62,081
Heart failure, with major complications 29120$39,883$48,551
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".