US Health Care Costs

Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents in New York

MS-DRG 321: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device with mcc or 4+ arteries/

$152,468typical hospital bill
$32,466typical amount paid
$24,255–$58,858range paid across 46 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $152,468 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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 HospitalSmithtown19$160,951$24,255
St Peter's HospitalAlbany15$129,282$24,479
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco17$139,518$24,657
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor11$98,616$24,994
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy15$93,391$25,210
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern14$185,767$25,531
Crouse HospitalSyracuse11$52,614$25,879
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse58$92,065$26,650
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh21$233,712$26,852
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore36$176,540$27,090
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo19$77,414$28,214
Wynn HospitalUtica26$168,075$28,289
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage14$202,543$28,781
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead11$125,347$29,247
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn117$180,127$29,581
Kaleida HealthBuffalo33$61,932$30,014
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue14$226,823$30,333
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany23$124,142$30,908
Ellis HospitalSchenectady19$95,931$30,986
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh21$127,510$31,270
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing24$135,461$31,619
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown33$74,326$32,288
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie47$96,296$32,444
Rochester General HospitalRochester19$105,156$32,488
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip37$204,519$32,526
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse19$177,188$32,567
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island19$171,971$32,673
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains29$163,312$33,895
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown24$125,828$35,033
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson18$159,596$35,039
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside30$240,014$35,520
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester25$70,557$37,257
North Shore University HospitalManhasset83$227,039$37,349
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla20$341,222$37,358
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park18$245,086$38,257
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn43$158,160$38,570
Mount Sinai WestNew York26$146,776$39,891
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York113$103,687$40,736
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn11$91,655$41,135
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York113$282,456$41,642
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook39$243,336$42,580
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York98$241,716$42,644
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx44$267,687$43,038
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York26$230,090$43,719
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn12$130,821$49,029
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York21$125,702$58,858

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.