US Health Care Costs

High blood pressure in New York

MS-DRG 305: Hypertension without mcc

$48,630typical hospital bill
$9,120typical amount paid
$6,944–$27,176range paid across 46 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $48,630 for this stay in 2024, about 5.3 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
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern13$64,726$6,944
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown29$36,046$7,160
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse11$19,352$7,164
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead20$44,795$7,186
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson19$46,117$7,192
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston11$69,039$7,258
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside13$78,354$7,321
Wynn HospitalUtica17$30,714$7,367
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn31$52,484$7,372
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains22$39,139$7,465
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue11$87,691$7,574
St Peter's HospitalAlbany14$29,740$7,583
Plainview HospitalPlainview20$39,214$7,886
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington17$41,100$7,938
Unity HospitalRochester11$14,097$8,016
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre16$44,867$8,042
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton20$16,485$8,213
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie16$24,258$8,292
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany12$38,499$8,353
Nyack HospitalNyack16$53,669$8,597
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown31$49,257$8,797
Kaleida HealthBuffalo19$22,467$8,973
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park50$65,640$8,994
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing25$49,929$9,246
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island24$51,796$9,330
North Shore University HospitalManhasset19$81,961$9,504
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson13$55,958$9,631
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip19$48,003$9,646
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York12$62,931$10,175
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla12$133,300$10,221
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook79$62,241$10,244
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York21$49,604$10,770
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York71$80,766$11,234
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn18$57,168$11,295
Mount Sinai WestNew York13$62,824$11,745
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx42$66,546$12,087
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York47$72,500$12,172
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow11$29,992$12,294
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn11$63,680$12,789
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica11$20,890$12,837
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn16$23,063$12,992
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York13$72,937$13,702
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn12$23,595$14,158
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway22$43,360$14,443
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx14$24,641$16,802
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst12$22,073$27,176

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.