US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat in New York

MS-DRG 310: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders without cc/mcc

$33,595typical hospital bill
$6,467typical amount paid
$4,874–$11,320range paid across 46 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,595 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage15$31,285$4,874
St Peter's HospitalAlbany30$20,467$4,931
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains14$30,087$5,025
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark11$12,250$5,086
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington36$41,764$5,178
Nyack HospitalNyack16$32,569$5,198
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn14$24,047$5,334
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern21$61,533$5,337
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead25$32,363$5,363
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston22$57,608$5,479
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip24$33,838$5,500
Wynn HospitalUtica26$24,680$5,668
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse18$16,331$5,742
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown16$30,485$5,785
Plainview HospitalPlainview13$34,617$5,834
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton11$16,473$5,881
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown55$33,728$6,029
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn55$37,603$6,088
Crouse HospitalSyracuse22$10,193$6,142
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo20$13,303$6,412
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown14$13,838$6,437
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco11$33,463$6,447
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh20$19,359$6,459
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson12$50,994$6,474
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany21$20,807$6,622
Ellis HospitalSchenectady11$15,667$6,756
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island30$49,991$6,780
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie59$18,100$6,841
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla18$79,228$6,970
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside12$52,712$6,977
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira15$17,413$7,264
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook101$38,195$7,467
Kaleida HealthBuffalo35$14,768$7,522
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York19$70,613$7,614
North Shore University HospitalManhasset33$59,063$7,932
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park30$49,948$7,938
Mount Sinai WestNew York19$41,488$8,122
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island15$53,168$8,231
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York21$42,285$8,266
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn16$48,604$8,386
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York55$60,911$8,405
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York45$54,138$8,457
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York37$46,472$9,481
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester14$13,248$10,024
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx24$64,158$10,323
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn11$23,986$11,320

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.