US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 308: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc

$66,197typical hospital bill
$12,885typical amount paid
$9,066–$30,104range paid across 64 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $66,197 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs26$38,562$9,066
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor21$52,681$10,003
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown18$59,892$10,076
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls12$34,590$10,120
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam12$21,257$10,165
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage34$55,033$10,198
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo23$19,478$10,395
St Peter's HospitalAlbany31$43,335$10,472
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn15$24,946$10,496
Nyack HospitalNyack17$65,439$10,580
Ellis HospitalSchenectady16$30,280$10,698
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington53$61,245$10,702
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy28$30,536$10,709
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead23$69,106$10,819
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse34$25,707$10,872
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern50$102,293$10,899
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip33$71,072$11,276
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre13$58,872$11,303
Highland HospitalRochester11$33,221$11,340
Crouse HospitalSyracuse26$17,934$11,357
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh29$81,350$11,518
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston16$80,702$11,640
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue16$96,918$11,654
Plainview HospitalPlainview26$69,109$11,763
Unity HospitalRochester11$22,605$11,906
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton19$21,095$11,946
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore32$78,732$12,301
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow11$71,189$12,400
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn93$88,384$12,714
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains32$82,076$12,815
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh25$67,539$12,857
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco17$47,882$12,884
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside41$90,171$12,885
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany19$35,653$13,152
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers19$36,213$13,241
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel14$49,637$13,336
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie43$36,618$13,424
Rochester General HospitalRochester18$27,747$13,499
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove13$51,297$13,613
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown20$25,162$13,839
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown48$74,137$14,042
Wynn HospitalUtica47$66,956$14,098
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson25$80,805$14,387
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing25$98,378$15,101
North Shore University HospitalManhasset82$113,346$15,166
Kaleida HealthBuffalo42$43,497$15,431
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla18$199,999$16,068
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park48$114,125$16,345
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York21$105,452$16,513
Mount Sinai WestNew York38$123,693$16,860
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island40$98,880$17,249
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York19$119,928$17,540
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester38$34,963$17,919
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York94$117,183$18,150
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York115$114,428$18,271
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn14$51,633$18,739
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse17$85,185$18,881
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn11$36,610$19,445
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook72$91,778$19,722
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx60$160,609$19,908
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn42$110,961$20,991
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York51$109,819$21,169
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx12$59,438$29,546
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow11$152,703$30,104

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.