US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 027: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures without cc/mcc

$129,096typical hospital bill
$30,912typical amount paid
$22,266–$37,900range paid across 11 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $129,096 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 Islip14$177,360$22,266
Kaleida HealthBuffalo28$66,954$27,003
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany30$61,537$28,371
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse16$129,096$28,640
North Shore University HospitalManhasset30$175,789$29,975
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester20$70,525$30,912
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook25$135,800$31,008
Mount Sinai WestNew York53$86,395$32,034
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York81$117,091$32,729
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York62$264,658$34,186
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla18$207,330$37,900

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.