US Health Care Costs

Ventricular Shunt Procedures with Cc in New York

MS-DRG 032: Ventricular shunt procedures with cc

$163,404typical hospital bill
$30,154typical amount paid
$26,584–$32,039range paid across 3 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $163,404 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook14$122,373$26,584
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York18$185,591$30,154
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York17$163,404$32,039

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.