US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in New York

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$53,169typical hospital bill
$12,552typical amount paid
$9,185–$51,953range paid across 97 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $53,169 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua11$21,947$9,185
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo22$19,369$9,366
Corning HospitalCorning14$34,108$9,535
Kenmore Mercy HospitalKenmore15$18,607$9,567
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage51$51,256$9,589
St Anthony Community HospitalWarwick15$79,037$9,733
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel19$34,456$9,888
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown58$60,868$9,952
Upmc Chautauqua at WcaJamestown12$13,823$9,966
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls17$30,564$10,045
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington210$52,925$10,106
Nathan Littauer HospitalGloversville12$33,612$10,109
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn77$69,273$10,153
Auburn Community HospitalAuburn29$21,386$10,213
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs26$44,991$10,237
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor47$54,506$10,266
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse47$32,583$10,282
St Marys HealthcareAmsterdam18$32,271$10,354
Nyack HospitalNyack89$82,310$10,360
Geneva General HospitalGeneva15$19,878$10,433
St Peter's HospitalAlbany60$35,549$10,496
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco34$44,089$10,615
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue40$101,910$10,694
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson51$47,821$10,728
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy33$26,319$10,744
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern90$113,364$10,760
Montefiore St Luke's CornwallNewburgh31$87,649$10,904
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains125$66,270$10,909
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre44$59,953$10,965
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn107$51,475$10,988
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical CenterCortland16$26,784$10,989
Crouse HospitalSyracuse43$25,278$11,053
Ellis HospitalSchenectady11$36,917$11,166
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston32$106,605$11,192
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore93$80,938$11,255
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta22$20,586$11,348
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton44$27,078$11,376
Highland HospitalRochester19$41,699$11,422
Wynn HospitalUtica39$41,682$11,438
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip96$54,812$11,505
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead78$64,126$11,549
Phelps HospitalSleepy Hollow70$80,255$11,554
Unity HospitalRochester18$16,367$11,599
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris24$54,716$11,618
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove37$53,169$11,906
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside105$97,162$11,980
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown143$66,472$12,183
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck22$31,366$12,298
Plainview HospitalPlainview73$59,717$12,552
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie58$32,557$12,639
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers80$41,000$12,805
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton38$27,116$12,849
Rochester General HospitalRochester14$25,580$12,983
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson27$43,089$13,134
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh30$64,386$13,232
Montefiore Mount Vernon HospitalMount Vernon14$44,529$13,383
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse80$77,505$13,399
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown19$33,813$13,547
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira22$25,338$13,574
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany86$43,402$13,922
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle26$64,201$14,145
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing118$86,529$14,281
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla48$174,848$14,329
North Shore University HospitalManhasset194$113,073$14,476
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island116$67,981$14,627
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson91$81,577$14,666
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo19$71,635$14,821
Kaleida HealthBuffalo27$45,094$14,965
St Joseph's Medical CenterYonkers19$58,343$15,759
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown18$33,915$15,860
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park224$107,337$15,991
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island37$69,092$16,082
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing39$29,670$16,114
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York66$120,477$16,373
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook224$105,687$17,027
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn81$61,562$17,067
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn17$38,878$17,289
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn17$35,026$17,308
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York49$108,854$17,493
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York331$123,864$17,660
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York303$124,504$18,411
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York89$83,252$18,859
Mount Sinai WestNew York101$131,991$19,000
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx90$122,425$19,027
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway29$54,314$19,812
Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterJamaica20$36,088$19,923
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn47$56,759$20,274
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown CampusBrooklyn12$118,437$21,939
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester15$57,311$22,424
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow36$112,945$23,303
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx42$42,987$26,696
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn11$71,557$27,518
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx19$25,569$31,023
Elmhurst Hospital CenterElmhurst38$48,151$31,537
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica17$39,055$41,613
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York22$67,206$43,375
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn22$63,346$51,953

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.