US Health Care Costs

Pneumothorax with Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 199: Pneumothorax with mcc

$154,412typical hospital bill
$25,520typical amount paid
$19,065–$40,376range paid across 5 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $154,412 for this stay in 2024, about 6.1 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
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany14$33,524$19,065
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse15$154,412$20,976
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook16$128,767$25,520
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York14$170,253$27,143
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York11$198,623$40,376

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.