US Health Care Costs

Delirium and other mental confusion in New York

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$69,711typical hospital bill
$18,842typical amount paid
$13,158–$60,779range paid across 61 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $69,711 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington40$42,969$13,158
Crouse HospitalSyracuse41$17,254$13,279
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn30$61,238$14,055
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains45$55,879$14,087
Nyack HospitalNyack34$85,935$14,193
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor13$50,899$14,286
Unity HospitalRochester13$13,720$14,305
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls17$31,112$14,352
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson20$37,237$14,366
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern23$123,897$14,604
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown67$60,527$14,660
Wynn HospitalUtica26$38,183$14,727
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore34$85,105$14,801
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage22$51,293$14,946
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip27$57,916$15,094
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre19$83,301$15,115
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh12$85,037$15,291
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn18$38,204$15,415
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead16$60,023$15,431
Plainview HospitalPlainview30$58,845$15,537
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston17$110,905$15,566
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue18$104,783$15,781
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove12$65,694$15,946
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow22$79,486$16,350
Rochester General HospitalRochester13$25,319$16,765
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers21$40,596$16,970
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown14$69,711$17,027
Kaleida HealthBuffalo21$51,713$17,852
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla23$166,972$18,212
Montefiore Mount Vernon HospitalMount Vernon11$34,807$18,223
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh13$65,706$18,842
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie11$59,581$19,256
Highland HospitalRochester19$47,923$19,724
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown15$39,607$20,104
North Shore University HospitalManhasset80$114,559$20,351
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse21$101,648$21,503
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island72$79,260$21,730
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo15$39,035$21,744
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle16$52,746$21,931
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York146$125,452$22,471
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn11$73,216$22,545
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park163$145,725$22,726
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York25$90,909$22,937
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn46$145,337$22,939
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York45$159,760$25,005
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester14$71,105$25,394
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn19$51,842$25,802
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx64$150,088$26,129
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn65$53,336$26,195
Mount Sinai WestNew York36$146,242$26,643
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow64$93,384$27,331
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx18$44,395$29,389
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook114$177,918$30,519
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York143$221,000$33,973
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York46$165,877$36,006
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst24$53,974$36,569
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx43$77,323$38,258
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn35$71,152$52,140
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health CenterBrooklyn15$86,496$58,179
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York31$111,578$58,922
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica23$81,976$60,779

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.