Emergency department visit (level 1) cost in New York

Prices at 76 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $242 — 16% above the US median ($208), roughly 22.0× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $40 $35 ★ 2/5 199 min 15.6%
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $49 $68 88 min 14.7%
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $49 $63 ★ 2/5 110 min 15.7%
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $49 $68 ★ 4/5 109 min 14.6%
Wynn Hospital Utica, NY $67 $816 ★ 1/5 215 min 15.6%
Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY $78 $15 ★ 2/5 237 min 15.8%
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $88 $112 ★ 3/5 123 min 15.2%
Community Memorial Hospital, Inc Hamilton, NY $90 $25 ★ 4/5 141 min 15.3%
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $90 $205 ★ 1/5 202 min 15.2%
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $109 $96 ★ 3/5 240 min 15.3%
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $125 $94 ★ 2/5 183 min 16.9%
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $125 $138 110 min 15.0%
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $131 $14 ★ 2/5 137 min 15.6%
Westfield Memorial Hospital, Inc Westfield, NY $160 $96 114 min 14.8%
Corning Hospital Corning, NY $166 $104 ★ 3/5 209 min 14.5%
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center Cortland, NY $174 $116 ★ 3/5 171 min 15.3%
Slhs Massena, Inc Massena, NY $183 $135 112 min 14.6%
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs, NY $189 $214 ★ 2/5 168 min 16.1%
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown, NY $190 $205 ★ 2/5 160 min 16.0%
Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY $207 $250 ★ 1/5 164 min 16.7%
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY $223 $18 144 min 15.2%
United Memorial Medical Center Batavia, NY $226 $162 ★ 2/5 164 min 14.7%
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY $229 $225 ★ 3/5 200 min 15.5%
Unity Hospital Rochester, NY $230 $17 ★ 2/5 294 min 15.3%
Unity Specialty Hospital Rochester, NY $230 $17

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)
$346
Cash / self-pay
$242
Insurer-negotiated
$112
Medicare pays
$11
$60$1,395
Median cash $242  ·  Medicare $11  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $242 — about 22.0× the Medicare rate ($11). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($22).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $346 list price could save about $104 (30%).

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