US Health Care Costs

Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc in New York

MS-DRG 454: Combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion with cc

$210,017typical hospital bill
$68,217typical amount paid
$45,892–$97,759range paid across 19 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $210,017 for this stay in 2024, about 3.1 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 Southside HospitalBay Shore11$210,017$45,892
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo16$89,422$49,599
Highland HospitalRochester11$107,495$51,036
Crouse HospitalSyracuse12$103,259$53,174
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains22$199,165$53,402
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton18$105,679$55,098
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse15$230,663$64,752
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington14$182,470$65,712
Kaleida HealthBuffalo17$202,599$67,912
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York45$205,885$68,217
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn40$323,184$70,040
North Shore University HospitalManhasset31$320,948$72,670
Mount Sinai WestNew York16$235,119$81,991
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip11$288,790$82,840
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York28$181,260$84,104
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York106$289,835$85,739
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook13$263,034$86,684
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York119$317,902$89,029
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York98$640,748$97,759

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.