US Health Care Costs

Postoperative or Post-Traumatic Infections with O.r. Procedures with Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 856: Postoperative or post-traumatic infections with o.r. procedures with mcc

$292,191typical hospital bill
$53,503typical amount paid
$35,841–$88,548range paid across 7 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $292,191 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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 CenterRoslyn12$162,737$35,841
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside11$283,930$38,946
North Shore University HospitalManhasset17$292,191$48,737
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York12$275,948$53,503
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York32$321,847$64,017
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York14$326,790$75,519
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York25$483,726$88,548

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.