US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$69,881typical hospital bill
$16,179typical amount paid
$11,230–$52,231range paid across 88 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $69,881 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Corning HospitalCorning12$38,924$11,230
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson11$27,280$12,091
Olean General HospitalOlean31$13,978$12,124
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown41$65,682$12,435
St Peter's HospitalAlbany49$43,147$12,448
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson26$54,482$12,471
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs19$62,153$12,539
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh24$101,826$12,553
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel28$39,665$12,676
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco24$43,409$12,771
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains85$91,334$12,824
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis16$103,432$12,908
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre36$76,126$13,089
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse30$30,564$13,122
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown22$17,427$13,329
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy16$26,901$13,340
Oswego HospitalOswego15$25,498$13,362
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore13$33,444$13,387
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage27$62,500$13,426
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston12$19,291$13,471
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington84$70,008$13,566
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn29$47,929$13,677
Unity HospitalRochester24$22,057$13,733
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn75$99,943$13,929
Ellis HospitalSchenectady25$36,638$14,198
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck16$29,101$14,215
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead51$76,202$14,223
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston20$121,912$14,268
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow18$85,889$14,298
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip68$87,285$14,374
Nyack HospitalNyack34$109,058$14,407
Crouse HospitalSyracuse21$34,213$14,477
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore59$89,141$14,710
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue46$130,873$14,729
Highland HospitalRochester35$28,792$14,755
Wynn HospitalUtica42$67,609$14,782
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern31$131,802$15,000
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside95$128,774$15,305
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor42$62,226$15,803
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo40$29,054$15,857
Plainview HospitalPlainview59$80,760$15,909
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh21$69,754$16,034
Rochester General HospitalRochester17$31,685$16,093
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown61$89,529$16,122
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie81$43,210$16,235
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse36$125,619$16,257
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany39$50,237$16,843
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls17$39,609$16,872
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson47$84,040$16,879
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle21$89,865$16,885
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove27$96,286$17,098
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing37$19,951$17,236
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton32$29,530$17,287
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island85$88,298$17,812
Kaleida HealthBuffalo72$49,497$18,178
Sisters of Charity HospitalBuffalo19$43,971$18,354
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira12$25,773$18,646
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla35$212,741$18,822
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York46$85,028$19,024
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn14$25,576$19,066
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island19$112,175$19,144
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park166$119,835$19,197
St Joseph's Medical CenterYonkers17$70,856$19,368
North Shore University HospitalManhasset121$167,706$20,481
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown17$40,671$20,575
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn111$79,109$21,254
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester36$45,417$21,511
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing55$139,843$21,921
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York76$154,816$21,959
Mount Sinai WestNew York72$143,098$22,209
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx123$144,962$22,641
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo19$74,813$22,769
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York285$159,197$23,403
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn34$60,374$23,720
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx14$39,816$24,395
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook102$150,220$25,301
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York238$177,615$25,506
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway19$90,040$25,643
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn71$78,796$25,853
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York109$123,112$26,433
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn14$135,332$28,239
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx16$40,045$30,898
St Barnabas HospitalBronx12$78,443$33,121
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst44$48,666$35,452
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx16$74,037$39,221
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York17$76,463$39,976
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica19$58,736$46,109
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn25$55,141$52,231

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.