US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in New York

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$65,700typical hospital bill
$12,168typical amount paid
$9,071–$22,268range paid across 48 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $65,700 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
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown17$64,346$9,071
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls15$24,270$9,096
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains28$68,200$9,551
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco47$57,279$9,636
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn183$67,813$9,940
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo31$21,734$10,136
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston21$90,739$10,180
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre14$84,268$10,233
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse41$26,862$10,294
Ellis HospitalSchenectady17$46,859$10,303
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson35$49,979$10,344
St Peter's HospitalAlbany26$38,422$10,423
Crouse HospitalSyracuse17$18,736$10,436
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue22$97,522$10,510
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington58$73,163$10,694
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside36$83,489$10,756
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore35$77,500$10,910
Wynn HospitalUtica37$57,235$10,986
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip40$72,925$11,010
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton13$30,764$11,235
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead37$59,735$11,379
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh20$42,152$11,724
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie47$37,967$11,901
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown52$56,157$12,137
Kaleida HealthBuffalo17$22,181$12,198
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown21$31,660$12,281
Rochester General HospitalRochester33$30,674$12,321
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island39$97,110$12,831
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern21$107,767$12,980
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park48$82,225$13,393
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse18$80,330$13,524
Plainview HospitalPlainview17$63,727$13,549
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York12$67,055$13,899
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla15$218,284$13,959
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany18$51,465$14,519
Mount Sinai WestNew York19$70,095$14,736
North Shore University HospitalManhasset113$90,858$14,844
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook90$75,668$14,856
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York73$113,284$15,675
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn32$47,117$15,885
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing20$73,006$16,364
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica12$26,605$16,795
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York80$78,605$16,963
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York23$109,546$17,155
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York102$118,198$17,808
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn12$39,269$17,852
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester19$51,677$20,039
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx36$142,154$22,268

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.