US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in New York

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$44,817typical hospital bill
$9,478typical amount paid
$7,251–$44,518range paid across 98 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,817 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Olean General HospitalOlean30$16,914$7,251
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown40$51,046$7,454
Corning HospitalCorning21$24,859$7,563
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark11$15,626$7,612
St Peter's HospitalAlbany65$27,897$7,615
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua11$16,696$7,649
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown25$11,070$7,677
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls46$21,968$7,680
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco42$33,704$7,687
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs19$33,645$7,826
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel18$28,622$7,829
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn27$16,296$7,830
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage36$45,409$7,902
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington52$48,767$8,014
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy20$32,575$8,050
Oswego HospitalOswego16$14,030$8,064
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston17$15,683$8,099
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore28$12,902$8,122
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn45$41,525$8,122
St Marys HealthcareAmsterdam15$29,048$8,138
United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia19$14,540$8,204
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern29$89,289$8,216
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis17$57,138$8,249
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn103$54,146$8,368
Nyack HospitalNyack36$64,605$8,397
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains63$52,525$8,443
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta14$15,190$8,520
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson24$50,714$8,523
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue28$77,435$8,526
Crouse HospitalSyracuse54$19,697$8,555
Unity HospitalRochester33$16,818$8,556
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip88$55,080$8,578
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre23$56,541$8,587
Oneida Health HospitalOneida13$15,550$8,683
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh21$71,649$8,716
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston25$82,414$8,758
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead62$60,593$8,764
Ellis HospitalSchenectady36$29,190$8,829
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo37$17,051$8,880
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton19$24,816$8,947
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow15$68,865$8,980
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor51$42,430$9,049
Wynn HospitalUtica41$34,495$9,055
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris13$55,200$9,082
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse41$25,003$9,109
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore45$67,414$9,155
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh26$36,955$9,399
Highland HospitalRochester39$19,050$9,418
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck30$26,179$9,435
Plainview HospitalPlainview58$52,348$9,522
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton35$24,008$9,741
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown18$32,547$9,816
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove26$60,719$9,832
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside85$77,923$9,912
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie71$30,404$10,051
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers24$41,211$10,214
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown13$13,626$10,298
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown50$57,398$10,370
Kaleida HealthBuffalo75$23,519$10,392
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson61$55,845$10,525
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse55$73,670$10,802
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany29$36,145$10,895
Rochester General HospitalRochester37$22,400$10,936
Montefiore Mount Vernon HospitalMount Vernon11$48,862$10,972
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira13$18,984$11,015
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla40$136,242$11,298
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island89$61,892$11,414
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park115$78,793$11,680
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing70$64,513$11,855
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York30$64,631$12,215
North Shore University HospitalManhasset81$102,963$12,242
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo38$28,869$12,251
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York47$72,795$12,260
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook135$69,031$12,266
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle18$58,494$12,333
Sisters of Charity HospitalBuffalo15$25,745$12,770
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn12$20,329$12,886
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York214$91,181$13,130
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn69$55,757$13,459
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York241$90,508$13,605
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica16$19,479$13,633
Mount Sinai WestNew York39$86,341$13,698
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island12$73,738$13,735
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn19$74,052$14,361
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn20$28,223$14,585
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester50$33,436$14,757
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York78$71,584$15,134
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx119$100,000$15,745
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow15$66,663$15,763
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn46$52,821$17,138
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway24$52,307$17,689
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx17$31,913$20,749
St Barnabas HospitalBronx14$46,672$21,490
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn15$60,986$23,949
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx30$44,225$25,699
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst18$31,275$26,282
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York11$52,254$40,257
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn13$63,086$44,518

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.