US Health Care Costs

Respiratory Signs and Symptoms in New York

MS-DRG 204: Respiratory signs and symptoms

$70,041typical hospital bill
$10,657typical amount paid
$7,115–$16,613range paid across 7 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $70,041 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 CenterRoslyn13$46,437$7,115
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island11$46,232$9,972
North Shore University HospitalManhasset20$82,373$10,087
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook17$50,010$10,657
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York27$80,908$11,793
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx21$70,041$14,241
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York19$97,027$16,613

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.