Ventricular Shunt Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 033: Ventricular shunt procedures without cc/mcc

$93,221typical hospital bill

$20,399typical amount paid

$16,885–$22,769range paid across 6 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $93,221 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Kaleida Health	Buffalo	14	$50,873	$16,885
North Shore University Hospital	Manhasset	13	$94,530	$17,720
New York-Presbyterian Hospital	New York	16	$81,510	$20,018
Nyu Langone Hospitals	New York	42	$183,155	$20,781
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital	Stony Brook	14	$99,299	$21,867
Mount Sinai Hospital	New York	11	$91,911	$22,769

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.