US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications in New York

MS-DRG 481: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc

$86,330typical hospital bill
$20,395typical amount paid
$15,931–$49,960range paid across 86 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $86,330 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre13$92,005$15,931
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco26$76,039$16,461
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel18$70,433$16,850
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls35$46,533$17,070
Olean General HospitalOlean12$37,058$17,095
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown20$104,625$17,218
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage28$90,293$17,361
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam15$40,350$17,394
Corning HospitalCorning14$60,733$17,420
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore18$40,888$17,461
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo19$40,574$17,575
Rome Memorial Hospital, IncRome17$57,186$17,594
St Peter's HospitalAlbany40$58,561$17,690
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn53$104,364$17,783
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs18$69,072$17,794
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy16$42,465$17,883
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson16$38,710$18,064
Nyack HospitalNyack37$96,500$18,081
Wynn HospitalUtica40$76,136$18,190
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern26$170,784$18,440
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn23$72,843$18,472
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca16$52,162$18,510
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead39$100,299$18,571
Crouse HospitalSyracuse37$46,499$18,582
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua13$41,286$18,599
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse25$61,048$18,647
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor30$83,816$18,674
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson17$86,268$18,682
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue28$204,503$18,926
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston32$129,077$19,228
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton18$67,427$19,264
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh28$115,001$19,304
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains74$110,868$19,446
Unity HospitalRochester21$43,177$19,491
Highland HospitalRochester37$54,868$19,531
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington51$90,193$19,558
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip67$125,811$19,561
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton49$60,961$19,572
Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac LakeSaranac Lake11$48,442$19,585
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore64$106,294$19,667
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris14$92,944$19,714
Ellis HospitalSchenectady19$57,914$20,066
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson30$92,738$20,366
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow20$108,070$20,423
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove26$86,392$20,704
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck15$53,815$20,745
Plainview HospitalPlainview25$89,988$20,745
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside83$129,145$21,143
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh27$68,064$21,548
Rochester General HospitalRochester16$49,637$21,569
Kaleida HealthBuffalo43$58,203$21,940
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing52$101,187$22,241
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers13$88,785$22,479
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown67$101,425$22,493
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie44$67,121$22,616
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany71$69,524$22,690
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse62$135,024$22,964
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown38$51,723$23,041
North Shore University HospitalManhasset162$131,967$23,170
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park72$135,884$23,603
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown19$48,780$23,951
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island72$111,214$24,191
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo54$52,459$24,279
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira13$49,533$25,048
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla72$260,870$25,051
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island19$138,870$25,365
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York41$147,192$25,405
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook167$162,985$26,404
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York13$145,785$26,583
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York214$156,488$27,376
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica32$44,566$27,660
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn91$110,352$27,831
Mount Sinai WestNew York64$156,009$28,202
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester33$64,223$28,276
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow21$102,132$28,505
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York216$218,662$28,575
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn30$82,489$30,045
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx43$171,278$30,503
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn11$80,746$30,673
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York22$151,034$31,726
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn11$162,392$34,035
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York27$181,868$38,865
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx38$79,126$38,889
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst25$103,602$41,399
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn15$113,243$49,728
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York35$73,664$49,960

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.