US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in New York

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$37,532typical hospital bill
$9,429typical amount paid
$7,079–$57,680range paid across 98 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $37,532 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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
Olean General HospitalOlean14$10,665$7,079
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown68$46,003$7,270
St Anthony Community HospitalWarwick13$102,124$7,445
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore12$18,117$7,596
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua11$14,927$7,679
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn28$14,335$7,734
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage88$41,984$7,767
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy15$18,956$7,778
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls35$19,842$7,850
Nyack HospitalNyack42$53,048$7,860
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown17$9,727$7,898
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark16$15,838$7,906
Oswego HospitalOswego16$12,019$8,017
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern50$79,796$8,024
Geneva General HospitalGeneva11$11,468$8,031
St Peter's HospitalAlbany36$22,195$8,053
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington97$43,820$8,092
Rome Memorial Hospital, IncRome11$22,234$8,131
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland32$20,144$8,167
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco24$37,917$8,225
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh29$61,012$8,268
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs43$32,940$8,287
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis13$88,454$8,309
United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia12$15,498$8,348
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse38$20,057$8,355
Crouse HospitalSyracuse48$18,612$8,366
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta13$18,842$8,424
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton17$28,130$8,428
Wynn HospitalUtica55$29,941$8,534
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn53$42,450$8,535
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston39$91,533$8,546
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead74$41,305$8,584
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains60$46,143$8,591
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre42$49,781$8,601
Claxton-Hepburn Medical CenterOgdensburg11$11,742$8,723
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson33$35,282$8,742
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson15$19,856$8,828
Corning HospitalCorning18$24,333$8,844
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn97$45,423$8,939
Highland HospitalRochester37$16,076$9,003
Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, IncDunkirk11$16,132$9,110
Plainview HospitalPlainview76$44,254$9,159
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove16$46,201$9,165
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore32$62,740$9,209
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck18$22,565$9,269
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo34$17,105$9,315
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor29$37,850$9,383
Sisters of Charity HospitalBuffalo22$15,812$9,416
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip86$44,956$9,420
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue30$79,992$9,438
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh16$49,901$9,481
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris19$49,488$9,481
Unity HospitalRochester39$14,211$9,552
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside67$66,281$9,629
Kaleida HealthBuffalo45$21,905$9,872
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton20$23,462$10,097
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers51$40,508$10,144
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow24$65,640$10,194
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown11$25,618$10,248
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island105$39,068$10,323
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown94$45,614$10,375
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie53$25,432$10,432
Rochester General HospitalRochester34$17,693$10,488
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany49$30,618$10,575
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira18$15,692$10,668
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla46$95,978$10,733
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse62$51,710$10,938
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park94$73,495$11,173
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing36$79,968$11,450
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo27$24,541$11,504
North Shore University HospitalManhasset136$75,725$11,550
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown11$17,154$11,801
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook172$63,074$12,236
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York45$59,571$12,317
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York60$86,827$12,579
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island30$60,662$12,622
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson80$69,450$12,629
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester38$20,890$12,729
Mount Sinai WestNew York52$70,851$12,860
Montefiore Mount Vernon HospitalMount Vernon13$40,937$13,167
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn56$57,325$13,716
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing13$26,723$13,786
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York183$85,350$13,882
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York303$90,211$13,992
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow31$49,233$14,320
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway23$36,280$14,463
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York45$61,546$14,877
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn16$30,261$15,159
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica15$28,900$15,297
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx72$84,740$15,596
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn18$97,492$16,062
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn36$52,151$16,618
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx16$33,885$17,721
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx26$32,747$22,681
St Barnabas HospitalBronx11$29,887$22,803
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx11$16,945$25,275
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst18$37,213$31,254
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn17$60,802$57,680

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.