US Health Care Costs

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. Without Cc/Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 419: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without c.d.e. without cc/mcc

$85,337typical hospital bill
$17,170typical amount paid
$12,414–$20,190range paid across 9 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $85,337 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead11$68,879$12,414
St Peter's HospitalAlbany11$49,409$12,553
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown12$61,412$13,306
North Shore University HospitalManhasset13$94,584$16,776
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn15$69,597$17,170
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook25$96,052$17,644
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park20$85,337$18,621
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York29$92,875$20,140
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York23$131,624$20,190

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.