Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Cc in New York

MS-DRG 519: Back and neck procedures except spinal fusion with cc

$101,502typical hospital bill

$24,431typical amount paid

$16,081–$29,757range paid across 10 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $101,502 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Ns/Lij Hs Southside Hospital	Bay Shore	13	$83,495	$16,081
Crouse Hospital	Syracuse	12	$39,269	$19,108
Hospital for Special Surgery	New York	93	$95,551	$22,828
Staten Island University Hospital	Staten Island	12	$96,039	$23,127
Lenox Hill Hospital	New York	25	$106,964	$24,251
Vassar Brothers Medical Center	Poughkeepsie	16	$67,257	$24,611
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital	Stony Brook	16	$166,321	$25,482
Nyu Langone Hospitals	New York	33	$178,998	$28,703
New York-Presbyterian Hospital	New York	70	$140,941	$29,182
Mount Sinai Hospital	New York	31	$116,823	$29,757

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.