Kidney Transplant in New York

MS-DRG 652: Kidney transplant

$343,378typical hospital bill

$48,415typical amount paid

$35,271–$72,543range paid across 10 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $343,378 for this stay in 2024, about 7.1 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Erie County Medical Center	Buffalo	24	$215,017	$35,271
Montefiore Medical Center	Bronx	22	$434,674	$44,619
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital	Stony Brook	19	$346,840	$44,918
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center	Syracuse	30	$377,586	$45,362
North Shore University Hospital	Manhasset	35	$377,951	$47,093
Albany Medical Center Hospital	Albany	12	$180,848	$49,736
Mount Sinai Hospital	New York	50	$308,196	$50,034
New York-Presbyterian Hospital	New York	113	$339,916	$58,095
Nyu Langone Hospitals	New York	59	$885,619	$62,051
Strong Memorial Hospital	Rochester	25	$165,342	$72,543

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.