US Health Care Costs

Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) in New York

MS-DRG 208: Respiratory system diagnosis with ventilator support <=96 hours

$130,794typical hospital bill
$31,003typical amount paid
$20,585–$56,973range paid across 53 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $130,794 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
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove11$145,635$20,585
St Peter's HospitalAlbany15$84,948$21,975
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton14$57,979$22,325
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls11$63,649$22,636
Chsli St Joseph HospitalBethpage13$130,794$22,662
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington HospitalHuntington20$106,382$23,437
Mercy Hospital of BuffaloBuffalo24$48,743$23,569
Wynn HospitalUtica20$91,544$23,688
Crouse HospitalSyracuse14$51,049$24,384
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Brooklyn23$83,957$24,500
Ellis HospitalSchenectady13$84,188$26,181
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains29$138,137$26,431
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip34$144,439$26,515
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside28$184,301$27,348
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead12$156,452$27,358
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn21$175,009$27,444
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson20$157,509$28,211
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor11$193,967$28,298
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy11$75,850$28,571
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse11$90,206$28,675
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany17$88,761$29,070
Ns/Lij Hs Southside HospitalBay Shore35$177,918$29,203
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York16$170,406$29,238
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern22$184,914$29,244
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie14$86,116$30,390
Garnet Health Medical CenterMiddletown22$127,008$30,725
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park50$208,469$31,003
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla26$290,540$31,773
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island35$176,097$32,029
New York-Presbyterian/QueensFlushing15$214,487$32,739
Kaleida HealthBuffalo37$97,301$33,642
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse17$210,483$34,035
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx12$64,900$34,206
Rochester General HospitalRochester13$60,711$34,295
The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh15$129,846$34,424
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island12$114,058$34,658
North Shore University HospitalManhasset33$260,325$34,966
Nyack HospitalNyack12$134,021$35,708
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing13$63,013$35,935
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester21$92,137$36,006
Mount Sinai WestNew York18$202,976$37,013
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn23$173,158$37,222
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn33$61,248$39,265
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn49$93,424$39,648
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York40$250,883$39,916
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway15$96,715$40,608
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook64$230,222$41,149
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York34$224,165$41,358
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York17$301,386$44,826
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx15$79,084$46,543
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx46$332,489$48,043
Suny/Downstate University Hospital of BrooklynBrooklyn11$119,364$51,787
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York61$298,087$56,973

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.