US Health Care Costs

Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) in New York

MS-DRG 267: Endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures without mcc

$195,658typical hospital bill
$51,907typical amount paid
$40,987–$65,750range paid across 29 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $195,658 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
St Peter's HospitalAlbany48$147,076$40,987
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern39$326,303$42,876
Wynn HospitalUtica41$233,936$42,948
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip63$295,608$43,479
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse103$136,697$43,868
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn367$313,509$43,979
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton102$150,032$44,091
Ellis HospitalSchenectady23$239,718$46,367
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains12$212,961$47,913
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore74$231,533$48,051
Rochester General HospitalRochester59$150,953$49,439
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie102$153,410$50,399
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse37$173,933$50,721
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany181$118,000$51,341
Kaleida HealthBuffalo164$124,433$51,907
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York108$260,906$52,704
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown21$104,286$53,038
North Shore University HospitalManhasset153$249,893$53,304
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing16$187,604$53,648
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island41$217,911$53,974
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla35$369,966$54,071
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester53$98,794$58,170
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook153$154,278$58,268
Mount Sinai WestNew York14$227,764$59,444
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn42$185,063$59,547
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York361$195,658$60,943
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York289$441,341$63,221
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx22$305,125$63,501
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York326$184,294$65,750

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.