US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$59,533typical hospital bill
$14,330typical amount paid
$10,596–$51,172range paid across 93 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $59,533 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
Olean General HospitalOlean22$12,938$10,596
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls28$27,649$11,024
Corning HospitalCorning13$34,471$11,055
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel26$39,752$11,113
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown46$53,333$11,180
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston23$79,604$11,368
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco26$55,613$11,405
Nyack HospitalNyack35$78,361$11,445
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy30$34,338$11,461
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn13$16,769$11,543
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern35$108,732$11,571
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo41$20,862$11,673
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn51$56,532$11,771
Jones Memorial HospitalWellsville12$13,697$11,791
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage30$83,466$11,928
Geneva General HospitalGeneva13$21,273$11,987
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs20$65,898$12,069
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington71$60,813$12,134
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains78$68,109$12,178
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue45$106,220$12,228
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre34$64,372$12,281
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse41$34,734$12,298
St Peter's HospitalAlbany55$42,674$12,467
Ellis HospitalSchenectady20$39,645$12,505
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson30$59,115$12,555
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh44$87,320$12,607
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca17$33,061$12,608
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow31$72,974$12,614
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove25$60,383$12,783
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta12$23,396$12,816
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn61$87,057$12,825
Wynn HospitalUtica54$53,281$12,835
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton17$30,657$12,859
Highland HospitalRochester35$23,230$12,886
Rochester General HospitalRochester31$21,715$12,969
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor56$58,886$12,983
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside59$83,424$13,105
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead47$74,254$13,251
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh21$75,849$13,280
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip47$75,720$13,288
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton42$29,556$13,365
Crouse HospitalSyracuse41$30,054$13,740
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown63$66,718$13,774
Unity HospitalRochester19$31,728$13,835
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck13$40,939$13,971
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore57$85,009$14,000
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers28$38,926$14,330
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown18$47,552$14,420
Kaleida HealthBuffalo57$41,874$14,570
Plainview HospitalPlainview36$69,322$14,909
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie72$40,372$15,011
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing66$82,289$15,371
Sisters of Charity HospitalBuffalo16$25,435$15,381
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown20$26,404$15,429
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle23$51,673$15,728
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse72$108,539$16,592
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo22$42,923$17,139
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing26$24,064$17,317
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island82$93,587$17,336
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park152$117,486$17,365
North Shore University HospitalManhasset113$136,988$17,437
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island33$76,108$18,084
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson33$95,087$18,481
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany47$51,928$18,531
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla29$219,437$19,024
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York48$94,863$19,280
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook96$120,301$19,988
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York293$133,831$20,004
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York93$134,175$20,028
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow33$63,373$20,059
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York186$142,434$20,224
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica27$38,307$20,322
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn77$96,975$20,590
Mount Sinai WestNew York96$124,297$20,746
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn68$39,088$21,122
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn48$77,717$22,350
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway54$61,150$22,513
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx182$159,998$23,332
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York103$118,067$24,686
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx16$37,263$24,749
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn17$174,794$27,303
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn23$74,179$27,842
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn27$80,692$28,702
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester56$78,358$28,817
Harlem Hospital CenterNew York17$47,178$29,736
St Barnabas HospitalBronx15$59,533$30,213
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx19$52,169$33,148
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst34$49,073$33,913
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx38$104,798$40,705
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica26$56,758$43,322
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health CenterBrooklyn17$57,781$44,848
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York23$52,207$45,539
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn21$76,615$51,172

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.