US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis Without Mc in New York

MS-DRG 024: Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis without mc

$224,712typical hospital bill
$46,648typical amount paid
$31,810–$55,041range paid across 5 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $224,712 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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 Islip13$209,215$31,810
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany19$101,436$42,582
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York11$224,779$46,648
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook28$224,712$51,052
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York18$401,878$55,041

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.