US Health Care Costs

Bowel surgery, with complications in New York

MS-DRG 330: Major small and large bowel procedures with cc

$117,343typical hospital bill
$25,195typical amount paid
$19,355–$43,487range paid across 49 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $117,343 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington38$77,055$19,355
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua11$46,918$19,519
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls14$51,579$19,656
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown17$114,760$19,733
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs16$100,404$20,165
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo12$44,756$20,990
St Peter's HospitalAlbany41$62,325$21,548
Crouse HospitalSyracuse23$51,749$21,599
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston19$139,658$22,161
Nyack HospitalNyack15$123,381$22,326
Unity HospitalRochester20$46,266$22,375
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow16$140,610$22,510
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton14$68,470$22,813
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse20$65,808$22,875
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern20$217,283$23,045
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn65$112,784$23,426
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore18$145,332$23,453
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson14$50,797$24,042
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson13$137,938$24,049
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton13$102,657$24,118
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead15$118,706$24,339
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip18$143,862$24,341
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco24$95,281$25,014
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh16$60,273$25,062
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown32$113,652$25,195
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside46$130,290$25,531
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains56$202,044$25,654
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson20$136,541$26,659
North Shore University HospitalManhasset94$131,763$27,345
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island31$113,781$27,454
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany46$56,225$27,683
Plainview HospitalPlainview16$113,471$27,890
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park47$143,638$28,330
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie49$79,642$28,489
Kaleida HealthBuffalo43$91,713$28,611
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown29$59,061$28,685
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York51$149,990$29,152
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse40$177,742$29,823
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York158$154,588$30,710
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester33$72,259$30,748
Mount Sinai WestNew York20$143,909$30,846
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York13$194,622$31,413
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn13$162,414$31,754
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla15$364,599$32,068
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook46$168,771$33,591
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York221$235,461$34,848
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York80$117,343$35,972
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing19$140,142$38,468
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx30$223,869$43,487

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.