US Health Care Costs

Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR), with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 266: Endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures with mcc

$295,789typical hospital bill
$67,687typical amount paid
$52,894–$93,742range paid across 23 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $295,789 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip19$316,325$52,894
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains85$213,677$53,113
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern18$365,772$54,338
Ellis HospitalSchenectady30$241,209$55,378
St Peter's HospitalAlbany17$239,367$55,974
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore37$295,789$56,117
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse42$157,178$56,133
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton12$182,904$56,374
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn140$423,030$60,011
Rochester General HospitalRochester43$170,092$61,437
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie94$172,082$65,127
Kaleida HealthBuffalo39$187,453$67,687
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany106$171,013$68,354
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester15$138,768$73,830
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla21$590,938$75,559
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York274$465,907$79,272
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook31$310,422$79,443
North Shore University HospitalManhasset60$475,214$81,251
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York144$256,904$82,719
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York36$396,522$82,951
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York244$398,966$84,864
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx108$396,289$84,998
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn14$460,082$93,742

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.