US Health Care Costs

Soft Tissue Procedures with Cc in New York

MS-DRG 501: Soft tissue procedures with cc

$146,354typical hospital bill
$25,805typical amount paid
$24,886–$29,288range paid across 4 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $146,354 for this stay in 2024, about 5.7 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
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York14$95,702$24,886
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York16$115,627$25,753
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York19$177,081$25,857
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York16$197,781$29,288

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.