US Health Care Costs

Seizures in New York

MS-DRG 101: Seizures without mcc

$54,921typical hospital bill
$10,825typical amount paid
$7,515–$41,826range paid across 63 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,921 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage12$41,437$7,515
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor21$37,243$8,057
Nyack HospitalNyack22$76,004$8,232
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown25$53,009$8,248
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern21$85,290$8,340
Crouse HospitalSyracuse34$18,143$8,493
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo20$17,704$8,520
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn13$36,839$8,640
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston17$74,670$8,652
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh18$60,851$8,691
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre16$55,544$8,713
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue12$78,529$8,756
Wynn HospitalUtica31$36,775$8,797
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow15$41,253$9,093
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca11$24,123$9,140
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside31$70,700$9,287
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson33$55,112$9,300
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton18$34,599$9,317
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore29$76,557$9,437
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead17$59,228$9,498
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip48$51,299$9,595
Rochester General HospitalRochester35$22,834$9,761
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington18$58,190$9,986
Plainview HospitalPlainview24$55,958$10,075
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie24$33,532$10,187
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers11$34,657$10,344
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown45$67,442$10,372
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson23$69,446$10,529
Kaleida HealthBuffalo33$21,429$10,531
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains33$75,085$10,565
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing45$54,921$10,727
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island56$79,847$10,825
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse41$62,299$10,933
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany40$36,491$11,043
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo11$28,720$11,359
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing12$13,856$11,983
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla54$121,949$12,174
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island17$66,020$12,228
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn14$16,524$12,325
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York20$65,047$12,382
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park60$74,460$12,667
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook66$90,179$13,249
North Shore University HospitalManhasset80$145,203$13,312
Mount Sinai WestNew York35$83,671$13,424
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York136$84,295$13,472
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn25$71,780$13,639
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York137$120,360$13,664
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn29$25,404$13,727
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow34$45,553$14,134
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica16$18,371$14,191
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn11$81,127$14,337
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York12$142,227$14,568
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester53$35,993$14,743
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx76$87,847$15,061
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York31$67,171$15,188
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway43$37,185$15,699
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn29$45,714$16,784
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn18$32,730$17,424
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx16$25,744$19,546
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx26$38,687$23,638
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst15$31,568$27,789
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica13$29,533$41,417
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn15$39,133$41,826

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.