US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$71,855typical hospital bill
$19,987typical amount paid
$15,879–$68,676range paid across 122 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $71,855 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Corning HospitalCorning100$45,735$15,879
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel191$45,133$16,006
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown144$23,078$16,038
Clifton Springs Hospital and ClinicClifton Springs21$40,211$16,082
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco254$65,381$16,198
St Anthony Community HospitalWarwick53$125,962$16,334
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua81$33,529$16,350
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown496$89,969$16,554
Olean General HospitalOlean209$24,938$16,572
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage263$91,866$16,592
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark70$43,223$16,758
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam165$40,486$16,854
Nathan Littauer HospitalGloversville74$38,781$16,922
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy314$40,757$17,016
Rome Memorial Hospital, IncRome176$45,746$17,061
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington753$90,701$17,125
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls154$42,843$17,148
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn120$28,678$17,327
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson108$37,135$17,333
Geneva General HospitalGeneva105$30,935$17,338
Oswego HospitalOswego110$25,635$17,420
Jones Memorial HospitalWellsville110$18,864$17,427
United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia127$29,582$17,474
St Marys HealthcareAmsterdam84$42,121$17,663
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis62$121,301$17,765
Nyack HospitalNyack527$128,643$17,810
St Peter's HospitalAlbany636$56,312$17,824
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern313$151,229$17,887
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo302$38,400$17,923
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre259$105,999$18,002
Oneida Health HospitalOneida113$26,943$18,090
Montefiore Mount Vernon HospitalMount Vernon13$68,229$18,104
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn571$111,780$18,197
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland85$35,110$18,287
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs286$67,113$18,309
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains1,067$95,826$18,321
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston193$138,416$18,321
Unity HospitalRochester184$38,620$18,349
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn188$69,004$18,428
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh264$128,309$18,433
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue748$167,334$18,535
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta95$26,491$18,570
Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac LakeSaranac Lake42$45,967$18,571
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston78$42,204$18,612
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton144$42,224$18,654
Claxton-Hepburn Medical CenterOgdensburg37$27,168$18,704
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca172$37,854$18,752
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore100$44,460$18,755
Nicholas H Noyes Memorial HospitalDansville50$24,748$18,757
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris138$87,852$18,814
Wynn HospitalUtica325$71,645$18,903
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip556$105,793$18,963
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor317$85,512$19,052
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse393$53,007$19,117
Crouse HospitalSyracuse194$38,436$19,128
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical CenterNiagara Falls12$37,856$19,185
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead448$108,715$19,348
St James HospitalHornell50$18,337$19,562
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson195$84,142$19,584
Chenango Memorial HospitalNorwich66$48,028$19,791
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton308$46,719$19,862
Highland HospitalRochester233$37,747$20,112
Ellis HospitalSchenectady373$63,910$20,156
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck214$45,436$20,158
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore527$137,408$20,174
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow332$117,256$20,180
Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, IncDunkirk26$25,670$20,253
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown477$88,357$20,359
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove301$94,142$20,376
Sisters of Charity HospitalBuffalo69$44,581$20,548
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside1,110$149,635$20,621
Plainview HospitalPlainview532$103,356$20,748
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers229$72,065$20,912
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie905$56,347$21,656
Kaleida HealthBuffalo449$54,285$21,970
Rochester General HospitalRochester205$56,755$22,197
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh276$80,899$22,397
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown141$49,634$22,810
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown208$39,530$23,079
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany467$76,799$23,297
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira117$40,348$23,576
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson472$120,309$23,627
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island814$107,086$23,914
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle191$94,098$24,502
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park1,307$155,760$24,561
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing896$143,945$25,092
North Shore University HospitalManhasset1,177$179,219$25,215
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo90$68,159$25,458
St Joseph's Medical CenterYonkers62$108,028$25,597
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse458$146,994$25,649
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing356$38,900$25,734
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York576$133,038$25,810
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island190$125,269$26,551
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla277$262,618$26,945
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester414$60,005$26,973
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York374$177,460$27,518
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook979$151,020$27,648
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica190$45,146$28,131
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn140$66,085$28,229
Mount Sinai WestNew York559$176,977$28,988
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York2,348$184,739$29,564
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn1,019$136,417$30,280
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn478$91,887$30,603
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow153$116,396$31,248
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn181$67,466$31,323
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx995$212,310$31,878
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn149$152,481$32,542
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York2,607$218,019$33,092
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway301$84,459$34,334
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York630$163,338$34,560
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx145$57,915$35,099
St Barnabas HospitalBronx54$73,906$38,420
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx264$86,037$40,553
Harlem Hospital CenterNew York116$101,456$40,745
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx70$72,398$40,891
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst184$96,237$41,835
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn73$104,427$42,135
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health CenterBrooklyn48$83,996$56,885
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York94$128,439$57,504
Metropolitan Hospital CenterNew York25$95,383$62,081
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica159$85,244$64,510
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn205$117,120$68,676

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.