US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 280: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc

$72,576typical hospital bill
$16,313typical amount paid
$10,995–$49,578range paid across 89 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $72,576 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Geneva General HospitalGeneva11$17,673$10,995
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown28$19,282$11,643
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis13$94,255$11,906
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore16$29,748$12,198
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown21$78,015$12,394
Olean General HospitalOlean17$29,239$12,895
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow11$80,399$13,245
Corning HospitalCorning12$40,907$13,278
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam12$29,898$13,282
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage55$76,711$13,385
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy48$43,967$13,517
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls20$30,135$13,534
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn18$38,209$13,545
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington47$101,903$13,682
Oswego HospitalOswego23$17,538$13,762
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn19$28,049$13,860
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco50$69,874$13,974
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn61$89,128$14,131
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern60$137,050$14,340
Crouse HospitalSyracuse15$33,374$14,364
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston29$116,200$14,379
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca14$28,463$14,447
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains100$95,269$14,482
St Peter's HospitalAlbany74$66,314$14,487
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor33$93,244$14,522
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs34$54,253$14,556
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo40$32,259$14,560
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton16$30,302$14,584
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre46$78,755$14,695
Plainview HospitalPlainview26$72,576$14,835
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta15$15,396$14,856
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris16$68,650$14,942
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead15$83,667$14,985
Ellis HospitalSchenectady37$45,515$15,038
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson30$103,773$15,280
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip62$93,152$15,330
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore43$135,839$15,400
Wynn HospitalUtica34$77,321$15,409
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue98$147,923$15,494
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove20$69,142$15,532
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse56$42,947$15,672
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers16$44,851$15,954
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton32$40,788$16,025
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside49$116,047$16,157
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown157$75,660$16,313
Nyack HospitalNyack22$94,225$16,583
Kaleida HealthBuffalo70$42,972$16,829
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh49$48,830$16,896
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh46$106,609$16,927
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie59$51,629$16,956
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany124$58,797$17,977
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island119$105,412$18,314
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing43$117,569$18,494
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown47$31,256$18,530
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park77$126,054$18,604
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira22$33,047$18,705
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing29$28,054$18,961
Rochester General HospitalRochester40$36,289$19,341
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse21$115,650$19,636
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla27$212,892$20,262
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn34$32,980$21,186
North Shore University HospitalManhasset51$167,556$21,297
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York126$126,831$21,495
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica50$22,517$21,526
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn28$142,138$21,963
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook45$129,299$22,093
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester38$39,670$23,261
Mount Sinai WestNew York155$151,824$23,366
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York40$167,999$23,602
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island18$111,907$23,836
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow11$86,804$24,055
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York616$157,488$24,526
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn29$60,456$24,961
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York177$127,204$25,966
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn161$147,578$26,037
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx79$194,233$26,136
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York289$188,319$26,932
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn56$86,870$27,740
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx26$38,606$28,734
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway18$102,133$28,746
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn14$127,751$32,634
Harlem Hospital CenterNew York15$44,214$33,060
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx23$48,228$34,756
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx36$76,467$35,959
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst36$52,423$38,063
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn12$61,149$47,619
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health CenterBrooklyn26$54,336$47,972
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica73$51,896$49,493
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York60$91,479$49,578

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.