US Health Care Costs

Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) in New York

MS-DRG 274: Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without mcc

$122,239typical hospital bill
$34,715typical amount paid
$28,140–$50,559range paid across 32 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $122,239 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
St Peter's HospitalAlbany52$111,790$28,140
Crouse HospitalSyracuse39$58,648$28,810
Wynn HospitalUtica29$140,021$28,866
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse71$86,393$28,969
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern112$206,907$29,320
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton27$88,577$29,328
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains102$119,697$29,760
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn368$189,957$30,105
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip164$186,489$30,215
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo17$67,886$30,823
Ellis HospitalSchenectady23$129,644$32,095
Kaleida HealthBuffalo182$71,328$32,943
Rochester General HospitalRochester37$100,972$33,024
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie105$103,110$33,331
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany199$51,142$33,846
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse63$117,193$34,235
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown26$69,777$35,196
North Shore University HospitalManhasset95$206,335$35,297
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing27$112,787$35,617
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla24$248,284$35,964
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island42$182,292$37,151
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook98$124,780$38,078
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester99$85,610$38,155
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore55$156,624$39,171
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York84$165,337$40,659
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn33$103,323$40,832
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park12$211,647$41,160
Mount Sinai WestNew York47$156,431$42,103
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York257$140,650$42,751
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York176$116,749$44,001
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York362$425,368$47,435
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx43$150,482$50,559

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.