US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Cc in New York

MS-DRG 026: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with cc

$161,711typical hospital bill
$38,465typical amount paid
$26,366–$44,297range paid across 10 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $161,711 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
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip16$181,559$26,366
Kaleida HealthBuffalo32$110,059$31,010
North Shore University HospitalManhasset19$199,752$34,412
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany13$61,790$34,928
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York11$234,614$37,973
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York57$141,862$38,958
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York14$119,082$40,026
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester13$87,124$42,978
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook28$212,337$43,732
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York32$357,170$44,297

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.