US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$107,678typical hospital bill
$22,375typical amount paid
$17,897–$41,514range paid across 51 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $107,678 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco26$92,582$17,897
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore12$36,974$18,077
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown12$143,811$18,411
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston19$103,984$18,455
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead26$105,553$18,750
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs12$77,897$18,887
St Peter's HospitalAlbany64$78,617$18,959
Ellis HospitalSchenectady14$68,524$19,108
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern19$208,236$19,138
Wynn HospitalUtica12$77,265$19,263
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse35$52,605$19,409
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck11$47,499$19,419
Crouse HospitalSyracuse16$35,857$19,431
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre12$107,165$19,465
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage12$92,225$20,175
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn170$116,843$20,251
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo21$45,810$20,399
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh13$109,433$20,528
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton20$41,321$20,902
Unity HospitalRochester14$44,853$20,930
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington53$108,050$21,223
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip42$116,964$21,517
Kaleida HealthBuffalo33$44,477$21,710
Plainview HospitalPlainview13$127,393$21,896
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside42$163,998$22,092
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains20$130,259$22,375
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore68$149,678$23,072
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany28$107,678$23,773
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown60$95,001$23,841
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie59$72,314$24,143
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh12$76,244$24,178
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown15$50,532$24,667
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira11$37,985$24,691
Rochester General HospitalRochester62$69,121$25,503
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson19$163,789$26,351
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse19$164,138$27,147
Mount Sinai WestNew York19$203,276$28,371
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island29$161,594$28,893
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing44$184,546$30,620
North Shore University HospitalManhasset109$230,794$31,186
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park51$188,562$31,618
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla34$364,616$31,738
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook79$180,210$31,755
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn41$160,842$35,329
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester51$99,062$35,642
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York124$187,312$37,319
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn18$83,040$38,353
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York15$239,086$38,506
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York135$264,411$38,615
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx51$314,721$39,255
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York218$294,007$41,514

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.