US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in New York

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$38,211typical hospital bill
$8,458typical amount paid
$6,656–$48,186range paid across 107 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,211 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
Olean General HospitalOlean23$10,488$6,656
Corning HospitalCorning25$22,469$6,729
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco39$39,613$6,769
St Peter's HospitalAlbany49$26,948$6,771
St Anthony Community HospitalWarwick17$81,537$6,787
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown17$9,300$6,811
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown112$45,782$6,828
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam12$21,676$6,914
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua18$13,623$6,936
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel15$26,664$6,968
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark21$14,868$7,015
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn21$15,095$7,053
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore13$16,751$7,086
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage90$38,211$7,092
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington125$45,265$7,207
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo22$17,593$7,226
Rome Memorial Hospital, IncRome17$29,598$7,227
Geneva General HospitalGeneva12$13,965$7,299
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs28$36,524$7,321
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn208$45,436$7,324
Nyack HospitalNyack49$56,820$7,335
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis15$83,323$7,351
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern82$81,092$7,381
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson46$21,501$7,404
Oswego HospitalOswego17$13,632$7,439
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains90$46,970$7,475
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse42$22,256$7,480
St Marys HealthcareAmsterdam15$20,116$7,505
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy15$17,601$7,516
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor46$38,410$7,541
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls40$23,939$7,555
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn118$45,551$7,578
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health CenterLewiston15$16,198$7,589
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland25$19,112$7,630
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston50$87,112$7,656
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre53$46,743$7,686
Crouse HospitalSyracuse77$18,839$7,745
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh22$75,751$7,795
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson76$40,195$7,854
Ellis HospitalSchenectady17$25,403$7,877
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip116$43,149$7,894
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta16$19,217$7,913
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead126$50,765$7,958
Wynn HospitalUtica64$27,989$7,980
Claxton-Hepburn Medical CenterOgdensburg13$14,789$7,994
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue40$74,654$8,019
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore70$64,346$8,080
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton52$24,611$8,184
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris31$51,911$8,239
Plainview HospitalPlainview79$47,073$8,267
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton41$21,952$8,332
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow43$60,070$8,353
Unity HospitalRochester65$13,545$8,357
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove33$43,727$8,458
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical CenterNiagara Falls11$18,879$8,533
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown113$50,429$8,878
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck16$27,232$8,902
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh25$40,657$9,020
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside63$86,327$9,021
Highland HospitalRochester33$20,526$9,051
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers100$33,452$9,142
Rochester General HospitalRochester34$17,022$9,245
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany45$30,850$9,327
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie33$31,159$9,356
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown20$26,168$9,357
Kaleida HealthBuffalo39$21,315$9,426
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown28$13,157$9,547
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island135$43,182$9,733
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse110$59,974$9,799
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla55$118,744$10,160
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson93$59,665$10,166
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing82$62,996$10,318
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo34$25,780$10,367
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park161$66,190$10,415
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira23$20,338$10,443
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle33$44,724$10,548
North Shore University HospitalManhasset212$81,954$10,705
Montefiore Mount Vernon HospitalMount Vernon15$35,144$10,792
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing35$18,390$11,332
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook330$74,649$11,555
Mount Sinai WestNew York53$68,738$11,850
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island22$56,920$11,948
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn13$20,053$11,963
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York32$60,729$12,018
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York70$85,543$12,020
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn63$52,317$12,129
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York345$87,732$12,140
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester35$25,728$12,374
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica26$20,488$12,553
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York314$86,253$12,652
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn13$100,350$13,073
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn21$23,987$13,080
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx96$87,179$13,182
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York73$63,781$13,358
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow97$56,222$14,164
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway74$41,892$15,254
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn52$45,384$15,330
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn16$68,591$16,166
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx19$31,081$17,383
St Barnabas HospitalBronx16$36,435$21,385
Harlem Hospital CenterNew York13$49,882$21,828
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx41$39,981$23,488
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx13$23,444$25,419
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst29$33,632$27,434
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica13$21,379$36,422
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York23$51,709$41,699
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn21$53,440$48,186

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.