US Health Care Costs

Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D in New York

MS-DRG 464: Wound debridement and skin graft except hand for musculoskeletal and connective tissue d

$211,285typical hospital bill
$39,818typical amount paid
$29,891–$68,269range paid across 10 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $211,285 for this stay in 2024, about 5.3 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
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York11$154,534$29,891
Mount Sinai South NassauOceanside14$180,204$32,990
Suny/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook15$138,162$33,604
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York13$193,463$38,058
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park13$239,443$38,190
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York35$218,853$41,445
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla13$486,195$42,721
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York26$339,245$43,242
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx18$203,717$47,233
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York25$334,954$68,269

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.