US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in New York

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$32,381typical hospital bill
$8,078typical amount paid
$6,294–$49,001range paid across 103 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,381 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 Kisco11$34,606$6,294
Olean General HospitalOlean29$11,261$6,422
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown79$39,727$6,449
Corning HospitalCorning13$18,507$6,645
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua12$14,403$6,656
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel20$20,752$6,695
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam15$16,649$6,741
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls45$21,477$6,805
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs20$32,151$6,847
St Peter's HospitalAlbany33$32,429$6,869
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown13$10,162$6,880
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn33$15,602$6,953
Clifton Springs Hospital and ClinicClifton Springs14$14,074$6,961
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston12$16,584$6,969
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage40$42,703$6,970
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo46$15,312$7,025
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark21$17,496$7,052
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern37$85,220$7,063
Geneva General HospitalGeneva11$8,938$7,083
Rome Memorial Hospital, IncRome11$21,886$7,089
Nyack HospitalNyack28$58,969$7,194
United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia25$12,301$7,223
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue20$74,438$7,249
Oswego HospitalOswego13$13,734$7,253
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh38$51,200$7,275
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland12$15,144$7,306
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson16$39,022$7,354
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson14$20,015$7,385
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy25$26,733$7,400
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn44$35,816$7,424
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis16$61,165$7,427
Crouse HospitalSyracuse46$18,166$7,445
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains55$41,965$7,471
Ellis HospitalSchenectady17$21,719$7,547
Oneida Health HospitalOneida14$12,206$7,554
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre21$45,886$7,557
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca13$20,165$7,575
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore33$56,442$7,634
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta12$12,538$7,687
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington48$45,597$7,690
Wynn HospitalUtica71$31,775$7,700
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris19$53,734$7,735
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor70$33,012$7,785
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore15$18,957$7,820
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip73$41,112$7,840
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn94$41,495$7,874
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston48$85,430$7,874
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse37$21,740$7,883
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove23$48,303$7,910
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow25$61,585$7,956
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton27$23,220$7,977
Unity HospitalRochester36$13,226$8,078
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton23$19,668$8,088
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck15$25,634$8,143
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh30$29,468$8,198
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown65$51,679$8,496
Highland HospitalRochester44$16,957$8,510
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson30$46,281$8,667
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside16$62,232$8,769
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers24$27,759$8,808
Plainview HospitalPlainview22$34,997$8,909
Rochester General HospitalRochester39$22,956$8,966
Kaleida HealthBuffalo73$21,362$8,981
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany39$31,221$9,019
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead39$48,117$9,041
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown12$28,837$9,147
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown18$23,555$9,387
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo18$23,819$9,569
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie27$26,226$9,659
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island78$49,152$9,660
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing45$56,508$9,673
North Shore University HospitalManhasset105$68,483$9,766
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla27$138,171$9,826
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park75$72,901$9,987
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse85$67,563$10,050
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira29$19,411$10,080
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York34$64,624$10,807
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook112$63,639$10,885
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York44$66,726$10,942
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn49$42,726$10,962
Mount Sinai WestNew York32$56,159$11,145
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn12$20,919$11,433
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York201$72,546$11,593
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle13$55,120$11,885
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York168$81,414$11,914
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island23$74,088$12,074
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn16$57,430$12,488
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester48$30,883$12,749
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica31$22,289$12,754
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing26$20,661$12,794
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York44$58,971$13,007
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx51$95,434$14,335
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn20$33,490$14,463
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway49$42,644$14,714
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn30$43,655$15,204
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx15$27,785$17,677
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow71$68,186$18,832
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx13$27,033$20,836
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx24$32,381$21,910
Harlem Hospital CenterNew York16$44,627$22,430
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst18$28,775$24,871
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York21$31,478$36,493
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn12$68,162$49,001

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.