US Health Care Costs

Headaches Without Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 103: Headaches without mcc

$75,866typical hospital bill
$10,420typical amount paid
$7,832–$13,516range paid across 7 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $75,866 for this stay in 2024, about 7.3 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 HospitalHuntington12$48,555$7,832
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead11$63,671$7,933
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie11$32,687$8,958
North Shore University HospitalManhasset19$82,883$10,420
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York20$100,670$11,548
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York31$75,866$12,655
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx21$86,773$13,516

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.