US Health Care Costs

Hip or knee replacement in New York

MS-DRG 470: Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without mcc

$74,152typical hospital bill
$19,185typical amount paid
$15,844–$31,015range paid across 56 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $74,152 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 Anthony Community HospitalWarwick12$156,930$15,844
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage18$98,934$15,882
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel13$70,506$16,007
St Peter's HospitalAlbany44$50,932$16,143
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls15$57,915$16,155
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains71$98,654$16,514
Nyack HospitalNyack26$80,133$16,710
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs21$51,392$16,797
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern25$145,401$16,901
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson13$33,727$16,953
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse69$50,774$17,105
Crouse HospitalSyracuse19$35,557$17,120
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston15$93,199$17,316
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre14$102,071$17,317
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson51$79,881$17,430
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton43$39,575$17,526
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton71$63,633$17,527
Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac LakeSaranac Lake178$42,069$17,594
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue18$243,304$17,711
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington128$67,959$17,855
Unity HospitalRochester58$36,464$18,194
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn329$89,229$18,232
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor34$59,912$18,439
Plainview HospitalPlainview23$81,862$18,833
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead229$72,227$18,856
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson41$79,797$18,958
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck64$49,959$19,002
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip26$107,542$19,034
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh12$57,374$19,335
Highland HospitalRochester51$45,610$19,759
Kaleida HealthBuffalo17$64,545$19,772
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown15$52,949$20,008
Rochester General HospitalRochester23$45,903$20,121
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown35$65,987$20,409
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo32$35,825$20,557
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle101$62,907$21,284
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse107$81,971$21,437
St Joseph's Medical CenterYonkers11$63,505$21,526
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira29$42,612$21,641
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla52$168,503$21,877
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing124$74,243$23,332
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island32$80,014$23,345
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York11$102,724$23,380
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook452$68,910$23,872
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn50$97,745$24,051
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park184$95,061$24,326
Mount Sinai WestNew York99$74,061$24,680
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York304$98,544$24,852
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York940$224,069$25,403
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York1,332$120,505$25,507
North Shore University HospitalManhasset242$94,640$26,043
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York136$99,541$26,238
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York158$70,474$27,622
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn12$102,835$27,728
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore102$78,826$28,653
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx186$121,570$31,015

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.