US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in New York

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$56,372typical hospital bill
$11,294typical amount paid
$8,588–$41,422range paid across 84 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,372 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam13$27,523$8,588
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco16$45,635$8,780
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn16$51,929$8,803
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston13$18,465$8,878
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains65$65,398$8,950
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown24$58,807$8,954
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor41$56,789$9,002
Nyack HospitalNyack30$84,222$9,135
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo39$25,858$9,149
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel13$31,195$9,203
Crouse HospitalSyracuse64$23,330$9,307
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington62$66,409$9,349
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson12$57,248$9,369
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston20$81,401$9,467
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre23$56,443$9,513
Ellis HospitalSchenectady30$36,721$9,595
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage33$59,299$9,635
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls33$28,011$9,639
Wynn HospitalUtica76$53,785$9,647
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh26$82,848$9,676
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca20$26,398$9,681
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove18$47,068$9,752
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy12$28,000$9,858
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue24$116,152$9,862
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse13$30,534$9,865
Olean General HospitalOlean14$14,613$9,979
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow27$91,972$10,028
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern34$84,478$10,040
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip70$81,095$10,150
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton19$30,251$10,207
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck19$30,352$10,306
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn54$70,560$10,338
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead33$77,322$10,467
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton54$29,895$10,505
Unity HospitalRochester17$17,869$10,694
Plainview HospitalPlainview38$61,991$10,732
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh24$56,300$10,734
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs27$53,888$10,852
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore51$92,864$10,881
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown96$62,777$10,952
Highland HospitalRochester14$26,193$11,031
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside72$122,692$11,065
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers12$52,785$11,522
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany105$46,050$11,531
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie64$39,302$11,584
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark15$18,649$11,718
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown13$47,027$11,765
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown14$28,378$11,813
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson34$78,349$12,016
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island46$88,971$12,156
St Peter's HospitalAlbany37$47,081$12,303
Kaleida HealthBuffalo94$39,220$12,345
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing61$94,238$12,394
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore12$20,833$12,509
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira21$28,388$12,678
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla81$157,130$12,703
Rochester General HospitalRochester34$33,625$13,143
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse82$87,103$13,293
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park75$106,020$13,313
North Shore University HospitalManhasset60$108,477$13,325
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York20$128,623$13,499
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn14$21,927$13,499
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing12$23,925$13,708
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York32$114,518$13,841
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island19$83,092$13,957
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York142$103,849$14,239
Mount Sinai WestNew York35$101,372$14,523
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn69$85,696$15,172
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester74$32,314$15,207
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York174$115,878$15,216
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook128$117,026$15,669
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica31$33,989$15,809
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx78$127,010$15,819
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow19$57,039$16,716
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway17$58,188$17,182
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn12$109,370$17,897
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn38$52,449$17,984
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn22$41,762$18,017
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York46$110,317$18,501
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx11$31,383$21,343
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx18$60,157$28,419
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst20$50,617$31,405
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York19$60,247$37,309
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn32$52,766$41,422

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.