US Health Care Costs

Fainting in New York

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$41,898typical hospital bill
$9,885typical amount paid
$7,400–$35,065range paid across 83 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,898 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
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown63$47,845$7,400
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls27$23,317$7,447
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage34$52,463$7,454
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown12$12,400$7,513
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn12$16,994$7,515
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco12$35,836$7,567
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs28$46,535$7,706
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor34$40,192$7,769
Nyack HospitalNyack27$57,024$7,886
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains38$57,266$7,914
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo17$16,527$7,987
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy16$23,918$8,006
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson11$28,624$8,088
Crouse HospitalSyracuse25$18,417$8,136
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis16$68,209$8,151
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn91$60,935$8,183
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn37$37,673$8,203
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson15$52,189$8,220
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston57$80,397$8,220
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre32$55,166$8,300
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington113$54,051$8,306
Wynn HospitalUtica53$32,653$8,310
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta11$22,429$8,359
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern62$84,909$8,370
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh18$76,154$8,435
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton30$21,259$8,571
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue38$98,751$8,581
Unity HospitalRochester34$17,541$8,671
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip36$56,916$8,737
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse36$30,205$8,771
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove38$45,273$8,793
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead66$47,862$8,854
Highland HospitalRochester21$20,316$8,864
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow17$65,512$8,908
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh16$40,560$9,130
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside39$90,682$9,437
Rochester General HospitalRochester37$19,240$9,495
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers48$32,706$9,680
Plainview HospitalPlainview53$52,909$9,759
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown66$51,793$9,817
St Peter's HospitalAlbany52$34,954$9,863
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie40$33,676$9,885
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore24$78,867$9,926
Kaleida HealthBuffalo30$32,983$10,007
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown20$32,246$10,066
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown25$22,284$10,133
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany38$33,021$10,137
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island114$59,218$10,202
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing102$63,467$10,317
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson38$60,486$10,513
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira21$20,603$10,740
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo17$35,518$10,853
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse52$83,427$10,924
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle17$45,152$11,049
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park171$71,031$11,149
North Shore University HospitalManhasset190$87,147$11,193
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla40$158,907$11,270
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing19$19,670$11,357
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York49$76,415$11,568
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York103$61,386$11,693
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island48$71,835$11,828
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook205$71,245$11,863
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York317$75,649$12,209
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn31$16,212$12,271
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn42$49,453$12,291
Mount Sinai WestNew York123$66,724$12,362
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York278$91,094$12,910
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx198$81,317$13,478
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn50$22,236$13,723
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica30$18,445$13,792
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York67$65,151$14,195
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester36$35,634$14,251
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow48$41,898$14,647
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway81$36,688$14,896
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn40$84,034$15,504
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn68$38,251$15,934
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn11$38,686$17,947
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx12$29,801$19,536
St Barnabas HospitalBronx37$31,917$21,275
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx59$31,305$21,736
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst42$29,134$28,802
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York16$36,832$33,613
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn16$39,175$35,065

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.