US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$50,395typical hospital bill
$12,044typical amount paid
$9,210–$43,771range paid across 92 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $50,395 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco20$52,268$9,210
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage56$52,157$9,306
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel23$29,805$9,393
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls32$27,497$9,488
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark15$25,113$9,506
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown36$60,267$9,601
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn45$17,107$9,635
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs43$42,374$9,759
Corning HospitalCorning15$32,542$9,795
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston14$13,308$9,905
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern58$99,543$9,942
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington50$57,713$9,978
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy43$24,739$9,979
Olean General HospitalOlean18$20,601$9,985
St Marys HealthcareAmsterdam12$36,096$10,007
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland15$24,709$10,072
Nyack HospitalNyack32$97,690$10,081
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis31$66,892$10,090
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson47$33,711$10,132
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca13$24,951$10,230
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue24$94,778$10,263
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta13$22,172$10,312
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson16$50,321$10,360
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston40$91,472$10,441
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre20$69,914$10,476
Wynn HospitalUtica32$36,502$10,479
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse20$21,092$10,592
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn69$76,581$10,648
Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, IncDunkirk15$22,250$10,828
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton22$26,266$10,920
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip50$68,213$10,942
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead59$79,323$10,956
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow13$75,801$10,960
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside42$74,750$11,012
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck14$30,948$11,059
Unity HospitalRochester18$34,144$11,062
Plainview HospitalPlainview27$65,983$11,062
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore22$104,505$11,081
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown58$52,629$11,147
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo20$21,241$11,168
St Anthony Community HospitalWarwick15$64,482$11,455
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh39$71,661$11,641
St Peter's HospitalAlbany57$42,164$11,832
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris14$58,504$11,834
Rochester General HospitalRochester29$24,667$11,915
Crouse HospitalSyracuse32$29,512$12,012
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains28$74,164$12,076
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers50$44,932$12,253
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie33$36,586$12,287
Kaleida HealthBuffalo40$34,125$12,547
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton23$22,744$12,706
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown20$31,762$12,823
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown12$25,863$12,963
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor22$42,708$13,038
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle12$68,674$13,166
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island58$73,907$13,172
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson42$76,874$13,181
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse49$58,985$13,246
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing51$72,425$13,363
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo20$36,408$13,663
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York21$103,614$13,687
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany21$36,545$13,721
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh29$59,055$13,732
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira30$38,893$13,993
Highland HospitalRochester23$43,945$14,664
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island24$57,495$14,798
Mount Sinai WestNew York36$97,491$14,880
North Shore University HospitalManhasset66$145,131$14,898
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York25$101,182$15,465
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing15$25,735$15,739
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester35$34,895$15,859
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park61$124,036$16,117
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn17$71,702$16,195
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica36$33,921$16,456
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York144$114,624$16,524
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn34$35,995$16,748
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook98$100,418$16,792
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York107$102,680$16,847
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow25$67,121$17,407
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn27$49,110$18,473
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York45$89,355$18,595
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla27$209,302$18,833
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn22$102,007$20,525
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn11$40,548$21,066
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway29$59,091$21,083
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx57$106,480$22,331
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx14$34,031$22,688
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx33$65,622$28,686
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx16$36,695$29,336
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst28$50,470$31,548
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica27$34,191$41,305
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn15$39,426$43,771

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.