Chemotherapy infusion (first hour) cost in New York

Prices at 79 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $624 — 5% above the US median ($596), roughly 4.7× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY $159 $187 144 min 15.2%
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $169 $189 ★ 2/5 110 min 15.7%
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $169 $215 ★ 4/5 109 min 14.6%
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $205 $420 ★ 2/5 199 min 15.6%
Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY $219 $133 ★ 3/5 197 min 15.3%
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center Lewiston, NY $219 $129 ★ 2/5 163 min 15.3%
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY $219 $129 ★ 2/5 309 min 14.8%
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $256 $35 ★ 2/5 137 min 15.6%
Slhs Massena, Inc Massena, NY $256 112 min 14.6%
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown, NY $266 $333 ★ 2/5 160 min 16.0%
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $360 ★ 2/5 206 min 17.2%
St Mary's Healthcare Amsterdam, NY $367 $412 ★ 3/5 155 min 15.4%
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY $394 $413 ★ 1/5 236 min 15.3%
United Memorial Medical Center Batavia, NY $409 $228 ★ 2/5 164 min 14.7%
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $413 $365 ★ 3/5 240 min 15.3%
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $471 $266 ★ 2/5 183 min 16.9%
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $471 $518 110 min 15.0%
Ellis Hospital Schenectady, NY $488 $304 ★ 3/5 232 min 14.9%
Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY $538 $254 ★ 2/5 237 min 15.8%
Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY $549 ★ 2/5 206 min 16.3%
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica, NY $588 $419 ★ 1/5 237 min 15.7%
Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing, NY $588 $423 ★ 2/5 217 min 15.6%
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center Cortland, NY $601 $436 ★ 3/5 171 min 15.3%
St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY $608 $2,353 ★ 4/5 161 min 14.9%
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs, NY $641 $221 ★ 2/5 168 min 16.1%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$976
Cash / self-pay
$624
Insurer-negotiated
$393
Medicare pays
$133
$219$2,790
Median cash $624  ·  Medicare $133  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $624 — about 4.7× the Medicare rate ($133). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($267).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $976 list price could save about $352 (36%).

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