US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with complications in New York

MS-DRG 309: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc

$36,727typical hospital bill
$8,239typical amount paid
$6,210–$38,767range paid across 83 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,727 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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 HospitalSmithtown35$43,242$6,210
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore12$17,284$6,365
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage18$36,727$6,380
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam29$17,204$6,447
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark12$16,558$6,450
Olean General HospitalOlean11$11,643$6,451
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls29$17,517$6,478
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn15$19,160$6,494
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel12$27,030$6,581
Corning HospitalCorning16$21,272$6,587
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs23$34,400$6,650
Nyack HospitalNyack22$54,715$6,821
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern31$72,721$6,838
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown23$15,102$6,909
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson14$23,351$6,931
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca17$17,638$6,964
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy21$21,200$6,965
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains49$48,569$6,977
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington55$45,978$7,032
Crouse HospitalSyracuse23$15,411$7,057
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn23$36,676$7,095
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn121$49,378$7,139
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead41$46,232$7,193
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo50$17,212$7,283
St Peter's HospitalAlbany54$27,681$7,294
Wynn HospitalUtica43$37,468$7,307
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore42$56,387$7,416
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor26$35,129$7,462
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow15$54,023$7,487
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton20$24,313$7,502
Unity HospitalRochester19$11,848$7,504
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck18$21,310$7,539
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston30$85,005$7,598
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove20$45,820$7,834
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue26$75,008$8,029
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside43$59,873$8,037
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre13$58,856$8,134
Highland HospitalRochester14$15,109$8,153
Plainview HospitalPlainview40$50,719$8,174
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh24$28,951$8,185
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh22$58,517$8,237
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco18$32,853$8,239
Rochester General HospitalRochester27$16,710$8,303
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip49$47,253$8,312
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany46$25,609$8,325
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown100$46,054$8,355
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton26$17,830$8,362
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers17$30,574$8,524
Ellis HospitalSchenectady19$22,612$8,603
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse28$21,279$8,868
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie82$21,912$8,930
Kaleida HealthBuffalo36$18,915$8,980
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown25$24,903$9,007
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson35$57,837$9,177
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island74$62,588$9,184
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse32$51,588$9,266
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla29$123,233$9,290
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira21$19,178$9,665
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing53$47,396$9,682
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park82$70,622$9,854
North Shore University HospitalManhasset101$76,149$9,970
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York40$88,678$10,018
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook160$54,407$10,218
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York31$52,643$10,248
Mount Sinai WestNew York39$63,325$10,513
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York174$74,298$10,858
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle12$35,913$10,881
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island13$65,366$10,943
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn50$61,828$11,119
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York149$69,166$11,197
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester38$17,833$11,477
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow19$33,913$12,088
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York61$51,449$12,584
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx64$93,248$12,894
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn17$28,219$13,379
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn24$45,375$14,125
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway21$51,175$14,839
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx16$38,415$19,363
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn11$75,002$21,744
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst17$39,716$27,309
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York11$35,549$33,929
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn12$35,902$37,332
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica12$25,087$38,767

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.