US Health Care Costs

Otitis Media and Uri Without Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 153: Otitis media and uri without mcc

$68,620typical hospital bill
$10,343typical amount paid
$7,823–$15,729range paid across 7 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $68,620 for this stay in 2024, about 6.6 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 Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn11$45,004$7,823
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island15$40,355$8,945
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park12$68,620$9,689
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York28$69,989$10,343
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook20$55,423$10,525
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York17$85,260$11,319
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx12$128,841$15,729

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.