US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with complications in New York

MS-DRG 281: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with cc

$54,821typical hospital bill
$10,220typical amount paid
$7,048–$36,382range paid across 64 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,821 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs19$35,491$7,048
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco19$52,788$7,596
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage21$49,183$7,636
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam11$19,982$7,716
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor11$47,845$7,971
Olean General HospitalOlean19$13,914$8,057
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains48$60,207$8,160
Nyack HospitalNyack12$48,903$8,301
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy18$33,052$8,372
St Peter's HospitalAlbany34$36,402$8,432
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse26$24,543$8,536
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca14$21,403$8,605
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo30$24,591$8,629
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip24$53,323$8,675
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern35$100,934$8,684
Wynn HospitalUtica16$49,483$8,743
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington33$61,839$8,871
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue35$95,473$8,904
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh11$81,878$8,936
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton18$26,978$9,274
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown14$54,084$9,292
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove11$41,663$9,339
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside14$81,306$9,381
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead11$62,869$9,417
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh20$40,401$9,525
Ellis HospitalSchenectady18$34,247$9,737
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown58$57,820$9,767
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn33$55,451$9,871
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre14$54,192$9,983
Plainview HospitalPlainview22$56,852$10,023
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing12$58,078$10,107
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore12$64,617$10,211
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston18$73,064$10,228
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie26$34,601$10,495
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown17$23,738$10,529
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla17$130,997$10,587
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany62$41,264$10,639
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse15$57,122$10,704
Rochester General HospitalRochester18$26,261$10,736
Kaleida HealthBuffalo32$24,522$10,890
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island36$74,692$11,294
North Shore University HospitalManhasset36$83,700$11,327
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson21$61,902$11,677
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York11$71,205$11,923
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York24$65,413$11,938
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook34$80,675$12,174
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira15$34,874$12,289
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island12$59,075$12,327
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York148$84,593$13,239
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn49$67,046$13,241
Mount Sinai WestNew York35$83,814$13,274
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park27$83,898$13,276
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester31$25,338$13,401
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn22$64,975$13,953
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn13$24,035$14,233
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York101$103,027$14,433
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica20$19,507$14,856
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York50$79,785$15,259
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn22$49,403$16,478
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx35$153,136$18,851
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx11$60,743$26,973
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst22$44,867$29,138
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York29$55,671$35,609
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica19$24,501$36,382

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.