US Health Care Costs

Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Cc/Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 928: Full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with cc/mcc

$856,619typical hospital bill
$143,875typical amount paid
$108,638–$179,113range paid across 2 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $856,619 for this stay in 2024, about 6.0 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
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla12$1,073,380$108,638
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York15$639,858$179,113

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.