US Health Care Costs

Back problems (no surgery) in New York

MS-DRG 552: Medical back problems without mcc

$47,293typical hospital bill
$10,479typical amount paid
$7,820–$42,393range paid across 72 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $47,293 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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 staysBilledPaid
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore12$17,278$7,820
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo15$14,590$8,026
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown64$46,494$8,194
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls18$21,789$8,232
St Peter's HospitalAlbany16$33,220$8,304
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco21$42,585$8,371
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage40$43,549$8,411
Nyack HospitalNyack32$64,340$8,422
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains56$48,986$8,579
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor24$42,860$8,640
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn115$54,964$8,687
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern32$85,950$8,709
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse17$25,864$8,818
United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia11$15,399$8,992
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre28$44,137$9,001
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington94$50,165$9,020
Wynn HospitalUtica60$34,519$9,088
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn25$45,337$9,121
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson30$45,824$9,141
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston29$95,532$9,146
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh19$80,724$9,414
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead49$56,381$9,467
Crouse HospitalSyracuse22$19,084$9,497
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton41$21,760$9,508
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton14$23,012$9,509
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow21$66,155$9,575
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore37$72,829$9,587
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue42$100,024$9,708
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson52$56,855$9,734
Highland HospitalRochester22$21,997$9,785
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers29$34,106$9,826
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove19$37,433$9,896
Unity HospitalRochester14$15,617$9,992
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh16$39,428$10,178
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip69$48,998$10,291
Plainview HospitalPlainview50$45,354$10,422
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown37$50,806$10,536
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside38$87,137$10,571
Kaleida HealthBuffalo29$29,696$10,950
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown11$29,365$11,116
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany64$38,813$11,196
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie67$35,659$11,252
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown11$24,562$11,369
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island78$48,389$11,605
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse63$81,378$11,730
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park105$80,393$11,876
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla49$145,433$11,982
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo32$35,894$12,048
Rochester General HospitalRochester29$28,036$12,160
North Shore University HospitalManhasset149$84,974$12,222
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle15$52,701$12,341
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing49$65,183$12,648
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island19$71,693$12,963
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook149$83,629$12,972
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn39$51,161$13,188
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester29$24,698$13,301
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York39$64,596$13,423
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York35$99,410$13,963
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York197$101,333$14,255
Mount Sinai WestNew York61$87,314$14,256
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York211$91,924$14,519
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn16$34,010$15,165
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx70$92,784$15,601
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow24$65,982$15,784
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York29$76,651$16,295
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway12$44,556$16,678
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx12$30,633$19,201
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn16$69,602$20,123
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx26$51,860$26,560
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst21$40,472$29,097
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York17$35,267$33,652
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn15$48,092$42,393

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.