US Health Care Costs

Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue O.r. Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 517: Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue o.r. procedures without cc/mcc

$89,980typical hospital bill
$19,019typical amount paid
$17,738–$21,805range paid across 5 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $89,980 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park15$89,980$17,738
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook17$81,712$18,451
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York31$90,707$19,019
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York22$73,294$19,583
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York22$138,100$21,805

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.