US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$98,343typical hospital bill
$21,906typical amount paid
$15,317–$63,957range paid across 74 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $98,343 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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 HospitalCorning14$54,598$15,317
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown20$118,672$15,737
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead26$100,004$16,590
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston11$129,123$16,699
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy19$38,452$16,707
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington69$97,609$17,027
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage20$81,005$17,037
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson14$97,992$17,048
Ellis HospitalSchenectady19$56,859$17,400
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh26$103,104$17,467
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove18$80,064$17,504
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern31$146,121$17,526
Nyack HospitalNyack33$124,525$17,610
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains93$93,182$17,679
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo29$44,895$17,685
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue48$173,124$17,691
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn11$48,576$18,075
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco23$73,096$18,091
Unity HospitalRochester17$37,713$18,150
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre26$102,293$18,529
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor24$73,278$18,539
St Peter's HospitalAlbany20$70,093$19,042
Crouse HospitalSyracuse38$44,942$19,199
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip86$130,523$19,366
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn33$153,189$19,565
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck17$44,744$19,612
Plainview HospitalPlainview25$84,882$19,804
Wynn HospitalUtica42$93,198$20,118
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton59$48,372$20,224
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown79$88,210$20,289
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow38$151,356$20,324
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers11$58,887$20,613
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh11$76,786$21,053
Rochester General HospitalRochester38$60,328$21,129
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown13$68,422$21,391
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson36$102,901$21,414
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore96$155,343$21,874
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside83$160,586$21,937
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany153$71,516$22,235
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown11$29,017$22,500
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie92$65,388$22,649
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs11$85,209$23,874
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island74$136,809$24,502
Kaleida HealthBuffalo94$73,867$24,503
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle11$98,694$24,647
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla128$253,937$25,105
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse45$169,585$25,210
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park84$176,185$25,851
North Shore University HospitalManhasset122$198,683$26,133
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing72$155,583$26,163
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo11$60,440$26,735
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn14$57,840$26,924
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York38$202,895$27,128
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island25$143,857$27,775
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York246$192,117$28,417
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn100$145,280$28,654
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook107$169,440$28,873
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow19$118,300$29,115
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester65$69,314$29,796
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn29$53,755$29,914
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica30$50,958$30,524
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York44$220,657$30,917
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn45$103,834$32,337
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn15$166,998$32,353
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York226$218,445$32,631
Mount Sinai WestNew York73$228,475$34,365
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York62$219,024$37,655
St Barnabas HospitalBronx13$78,202$38,219
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx113$238,819$38,347
Harlem Hospital CenterNew York11$78,698$40,575
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx22$104,755$41,076
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst17$102,281$42,633
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York30$118,893$57,238
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn32$87,195$63,957

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.