US Health Care Costs

Mini-stroke (TIA) in New York

MS-DRG 069: Transient ischemia without thrombolytic

$56,645typical hospital bill
$8,959typical amount paid
$6,687–$34,738range paid across 50 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,645 for this stay in 2024, about 6.3 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
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown41$58,391$6,687
St Peter's HospitalAlbany12$28,670$7,002
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn14$36,827$7,056
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls17$20,018$7,079
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor19$48,340$7,175
Nyack HospitalNyack24$63,596$7,361
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy11$28,650$7,504
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern40$93,089$7,701
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead25$54,900$7,894
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue33$96,445$7,899
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington53$54,012$7,911
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston14$77,497$7,937
Wynn HospitalUtica32$35,363$7,971
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore16$75,534$8,042
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage14$54,823$8,114
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove26$46,789$8,143
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton34$22,670$8,171
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn15$69,546$8,255
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains17$59,886$8,324
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside12$107,550$8,408
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip57$61,546$8,507
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown70$52,311$8,507
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh30$62,265$8,548
Plainview HospitalPlainview49$52,007$8,603
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany12$29,055$8,907
Rochester General HospitalRochester13$29,897$9,011
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson12$65,740$9,577
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing19$49,920$9,600
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla22$110,373$9,686
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse15$49,126$9,843
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island24$63,972$9,920
North Shore University HospitalManhasset29$68,598$10,193
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park61$74,586$10,324
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York18$65,997$10,353
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York32$104,413$10,919
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn12$14,406$11,001
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook56$84,117$11,008
Mount Sinai WestNew York20$54,175$11,020
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York29$87,982$11,344
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island18$68,274$11,895
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York108$78,996$12,267
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn16$22,111$12,386
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow21$40,344$12,471
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx29$85,678$12,568
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica14$17,101$12,906
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn11$69,998$13,759
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York11$80,468$14,954
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn34$41,916$15,145
Harlem Hospital CenterNew York11$36,831$22,681
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica12$31,267$34,738

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.