US Health Care Costs

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

MS-DRG 857: Postoperative or post-traumatic infections with o.r. procedures with cc

$162,501typical hospital bill
$26,867typical amount paid
$18,385–$39,113range paid across 9 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $162,501 for this stay in 2024, about 6.0 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$146,481$18,385
Kaleida HealthBuffalo11$83,354$24,077
North Shore University HospitalManhasset11$169,367$25,769
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York26$182,211$26,162
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse13$141,972$26,867
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook19$162,501$28,179
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York24$183,492$28,567
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York32$137,055$32,166
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York12$185,637$39,113

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.