Hospital prices in New York

125 New York hospitals reported 328,890 Medicare inpatient stays in 2024. The median hospital charged 2.74 times what it was paid — below the national median of 4.15×, number 48 of 51. The widest gap was at Westchester Medical Center (9.62×), the narrowest at St James Hospital (1.14×). CMS's price-transparency list records 427 enforcement actions involving 162 New York hospitals.

1Median charge ÷ paid 2.74×
2Hospitals reporting 131
3Medicare inpatient stays 328,890
4Price-transparency actions 427

Inpatient charge-to-payment ratio, the 15 New York hospitals with the widest gap (100+ Medicare stays), bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.

Most common stays in New York

DRG	Stays	NY avg charge	US avg charge	NY avg paid
871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with...	40,824	$116,930	$90,297	$24,426
291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC	16,510	$81,161	$56,380	$16,034
177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC	9,012	$94,371	$70,592	$19,472
193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC	7,313	$77,177	$59,757	$15,976
872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without...	6,672	$61,129	$49,049	$12,692
470 Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of...	6,517	$107,202	$93,184	$23,235
690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC	6,064	$52,794	$37,821	$10,297
689 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC	5,546	$75,577	$51,326	$14,604
392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive...	5,206	$50,017	$40,165	$9,945
853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures...	5,120	$288,832	$228,948	$63,023

Every hospital

Hospital	Stays	Ratio	Actions
New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York	27,689	5.68×	–
NYU Langone Hospitals New York	26,286	6.71×	–
Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook	13,318	5.28×	7
North Shore University Hospital Manhasset	12,259	6.65×	4
Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park	10,061	6.17×	4
St Francis Hospital, Roslyn Roslyn	10,053	6.08×	–
Mount Sinai Hospital New York	9,718	3.99×	5
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx	9,060	6.14×	–
Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island	7,127	4.77×	–
White Plains Hospital Center White Plains	6,453	5.44×	–
Huntington Hospital Huntington	5,970	5.21×	1
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center West Islip	5,930	5.74×	4
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn	5,865	4.37×	4
Vassar Brothers Medical Center Poughkeepsie	5,764	2.74×	1
Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown	5,742	4.62×	1
Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany	5,638	2.73×	–
Mount Sinai South Nassau Oceanside	5,144	7.13×	3
Mount Sinai West New York	4,907	5.58×	2
New York-Presbyterian/Queens Flushing	4,779	5.37×	1
Kaleida Health Buffalo	4,764	2.71×	–
St Peter's Hospital Albany	4,645	3.29×	2
South Shore University Hospital Bay Shore	4,520	6.04×	1
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center Syracuse	4,413	5.6×	–
Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester	4,088	2.31×	1
Lenox Hill Hospital New York	4,039	5.09×	4
Westchester Medical Center Valhalla	4,024	9.62×	4
Wynn Hospital Utica	3,533	4.07×	3
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port Jefferson Port Jefferson	3,485	5.21×	–
Peconic Bay Medical Center Riverhead	3,478	5.51×	3
St Catherine of Siena Hospital Medical Center Smithtown	3,290	5.75×	–
Hospital for Special Surgery New York	3,230	4.21×	2
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center Syracuse	3,097	2.72×	–
Mount Sinai Beth Israel New York	3,089	6.05×	4
Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern Suffern	3,083	8.7×	–
Plainview Hospital Plainview	3,043	5.04×	1
Long Island Community Hospital Patchogue	2,996	9.12×	–
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn	2,684	2.86×	–
Crouse Hospital Syracuse	2,619	2.12×	–
Nyack Hospital Nyack	2,548	6.81×	–
Rochester General Hospital Rochester	2,545	2.45×	1
United Health Services Hospitals, Inc Binghamton	2,408	2.46×	–
St Joseph Hospital Bethpage	2,317	5.54×	–
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc. Brooklyn	2,226	3.74×	–
Hudson Valley Hospital Center Cortlandt Manor	2,126	4.82×	–
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo	2,029	2.21×	4
St John's Riverside Hospital Yonkers	1,873	3.21×	–
The University of Vermont Health Network - Champl Plattsburgh	1,812	3.89×	–
Glens Falls Hospital Glens Falls	1,782	2.81×	1
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx	1,771	1.99×	1
Highland Hospital Rochester	1,723	2.14×	1
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus Kingston	1,683	8.08×	–
Mercy Medical Center Rockville Centre	1,663	5.72×	1
Northern Westchester Hospital Mount Kisco	1,658	4.46×	3
Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester	1,598	2.07×	–
Ellis Hospital Schenectady	1,588	3.28×	2
Saratoga Hospital Saratoga Springs	1,581	4.21×	1
St Luke's Cornwall Hospital Newburgh	1,579	6.91×	–
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown	1,567	1.88×	4
Phelps Hospital Sleepy Hollow	1,551	6.33×	4
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore Far Rockaway	1,507	2.51×	–
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Brooklyn	1,485	2.04×	1
Samaritan Hospital Troy	1,446	2.55×	4
Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow	1,442	3.67×	6
St Charles Hospital Port Jefferson	1,409	5.02×	–
Glen Cove Hospital Glen Cove	1,284	4.79×	4
Richmond University Medical Center Staten Island	1,265	4.42×	–
Erie County Medical Center Buffalo	1,263	2.64×	1
Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing	1,226	1.49×	–
Elmhurst Hospital Center Elmhurst	1,022	1.76×	4
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton	986	2.83×	–
Northern Dutchess Hospital Rhinebeck	974	2.49×	–
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica	932	1.7×	2
Bellevue Hospital Center New York	918	1.91×	4
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn	902	1.5×	–
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital New Rochelle	881	3.85×	–
Auburn Community Hospital Auburn	834	1.83×	4
Olean General Hospital Olean	831	1.69×	–
Bronxcare Hospital Center Bronx	824	1.45×	–
Samaritan Medical Center Watertown	807	2.34×	4
Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira	803	1.94×	7
Putnam Hospital Center Carmel	732	3.22×	–
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca	717	2.25×	–
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus Brooklyn	714	4.87×	–
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam	658	2.45×	1
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Brooklyn	623	2.17×	3
Corning Hospital Corning	601	3.18×	–
Columbia Memorial Hospital Hudson	592	2.6×	1
Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills Harris	577	5.11×	–
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown	571	1.57×	–
Kenmore Mercy Hospital Kenmore	570	2.2×	5
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica	570	1.22×	1
Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc Rome	463	2.72×	–
Bon Secours Community Hospital Port Jervis	454	7.52×	–
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center Cortland	445	2.3×	–
Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo	441	2.05×	5
Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark	430	2.53×	1
Oswego Hospital Oswego	421	1.7×	2
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta	406	1.71×	3
Suny Health Science Center at Brooklyn University Brooklyn	403	2.54×	–
St Barnabas Hospital Bronx	395	1.87×	–
F F Thompson Hospital Canandaigua	393	2.11×	–
Geneva General Hospital Geneva	385	1.84×	4
United Memorial Medical Center Batavia	379	1.7×	–
Mount St Mary's Hospital and Health Center Lewiston	364	2.25×	–
St Mary's Healthcare Amsterdam	349	2.9×	3
Harlem Hospital Center New York	344	2.29×	1
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Bronx	330	1.46×	–
Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake Saranac Lake	312	2.6×	–
Oneida Health Oneida	287	1.6×	–
St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick	280	8.63×	–
Jones Memorial Hospital Wellsville	221	1.15×	–
Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center Schenectady	218	2.44×	–
Nathan Littauer Hospital Gloversville	216	2.5×	3
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers	202	3.83×	6
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Brooklyn	196	1.26×	1
Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville	155	1.25×	–
Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center Ogdensburg	143	1.6×	3
St James Hospital Hornell	129	1.14×	–
Chenango Memorial Hospital Norwich	128	2.47×	–
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls	126	2.05×	2
Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc Dunkirk	109	1.59×	–
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital Mount Vernon	107	3.26×	3
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs	105	2.08×	–
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York	45	1.26×	3
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville	32	1.11×	2
Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath	0	–	3
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York	0	–	–
N Y Eye and Ear Infirmary New York	0	–	–
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo	0	–	–
Westfield Memorial Hospital, Inc Westfield	0	–	–
Wyoming County Community Hospital Warsaw	0	–	–

Price-transparency enforcement in New York

129 closure notices, 128 warning notices, 93 “met requirements” findings, 74 corrective-action-plan requests, 2 administrative closures, 1 civil-penalty notice — CMS's actions under the hospital price-transparency rule since 2021. See the enforcement page for what each step means.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.