US Health Care Costs

Ventricular Shunt Procedures with Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 031: Ventricular shunt procedures with mcc

$354,906typical hospital bill
$55,802typical amount paid
$44,366–$67,238range paid across 2 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $354,906 for this stay in 2024, about 6.4 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
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York11$313,567$44,366
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York11$396,245$67,238

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.