US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$56,396typical hospital bill
$16,858typical amount paid
$13,392–$56,678range paid across 114 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,396 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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 HospitalCorning49$48,028$13,392
Olean General HospitalOlean42$22,452$13,544
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown91$72,900$13,650
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown39$25,357$13,680
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel38$41,695$13,740
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua22$24,907$13,752
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo55$33,068$13,757
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam47$30,760$14,019
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls50$43,320$14,120
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage75$73,007$14,127
St Anthony Community HospitalWarwick21$114,470$14,205
St Peter's HospitalAlbany135$47,296$14,271
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston19$35,607$14,353
Rome Memorial Hospital, IncRome43$39,771$14,387
Nathan Littauer HospitalGloversville19$38,991$14,477
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn58$22,363$14,538
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs61$58,072$14,564
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis35$86,624$14,577
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore30$27,972$14,591
St Marys HealthcareAmsterdam27$44,694$14,601
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington290$78,182$14,710
Nyack HospitalNyack123$102,342$14,723
Geneva General HospitalGeneva31$28,253$14,790
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco44$53,434$14,809
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains223$84,571$14,818
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark32$42,269$14,829
Oswego HospitalOswego58$29,161$15,036
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn187$85,025$15,052
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson28$41,632$15,061
Ellis HospitalSchenectady72$46,421$15,172
Jones Memorial HospitalWellsville14$14,307$15,176
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson49$76,978$15,212
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern120$117,669$15,251
United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia25$19,740$15,275
Crouse HospitalSyracuse68$33,457$15,309
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy61$40,200$15,337
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre37$86,001$15,420
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse71$47,248$15,437
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland36$44,272$15,439
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh61$96,143$15,479
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca32$27,373$15,596
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston47$110,042$15,606
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor94$72,881$15,679
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton68$37,502$15,752
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton42$42,114$15,792
Wynn HospitalUtica84$55,341$15,832
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue70$145,551$15,922
Nicholas H Noyes Memorial HospitalDansville17$18,604$15,946
Unity HospitalRochester83$37,336$16,029
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip146$92,448$16,069
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta28$25,321$16,099
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn119$55,232$16,134
Claxton-Hepburn Medical CenterOgdensburg19$25,876$16,150
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow79$115,349$16,176
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead73$109,349$16,206
Highland HospitalRochester49$30,417$16,728
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside177$122,690$16,806
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove50$92,288$16,910
Chenango Memorial HospitalNorwich12$38,882$16,954
St James HospitalHornell12$23,014$17,083
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore130$118,561$17,208
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh58$63,920$17,228
Oneida Health HospitalOneida12$33,079$17,288
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown213$76,840$17,441
Plainview HospitalPlainview168$95,479$17,500
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck51$47,983$17,733
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers77$63,342$17,835
Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, IncDunkirk15$27,750$17,863
Kaleida HealthBuffalo102$41,145$17,936
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany89$52,872$18,276
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie128$50,616$18,607
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris31$81,143$18,919
Rochester General HospitalRochester77$48,567$19,076
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson163$82,977$19,137
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York67$102,787$19,198
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown33$36,309$19,341
Sisters of Charity HospitalBuffalo27$33,224$19,386
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown37$42,821$19,387
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing129$122,882$19,575
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo24$49,178$19,756
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse98$101,604$19,801
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira34$43,494$20,047
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park224$133,780$20,347
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing35$31,035$20,531
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island162$93,510$20,558
North Shore University HospitalManhasset286$154,010$20,740
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn22$53,893$21,451
St Joseph's Medical CenterYonkers14$95,301$21,738
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York98$141,672$22,232
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla66$235,529$22,587
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle30$79,817$22,595
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester57$46,551$22,811
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island73$98,116$22,815
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook290$124,628$22,877
Mount Sinai WestNew York110$128,209$23,104
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica21$34,986$24,575
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow17$112,476$24,631
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York569$167,723$24,891
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn114$108,954$24,945
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn21$50,871$25,199
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx136$152,658$25,504
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York528$166,761$26,031
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn99$69,271$26,075
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn19$157,347$26,512
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway17$60,672$28,268
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx37$41,228$28,406
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York157$140,249$28,462
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn12$81,696$34,097
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx42$85,786$35,264
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst28$108,719$45,148
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica13$57,450$45,790
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York26$90,318$48,744
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn26$70,118$54,928
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health CenterBrooklyn13$75,419$56,678

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.