Emergency department visit (level 2) cost in New York

Prices at 75 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $391 — 12% above the US median ($351), roughly 9.7× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Ellis Hospital Schenectady, NY $62 $45 ★ 3/5 232 min 14.9%
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $83 $119 88 min 14.7%
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $83 $111 ★ 2/5 110 min 15.7%
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $83 $119 ★ 4/5 109 min 14.6%
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $100 $67 ★ 2/5 199 min 15.6%
Kenmore Mercy Hospital Kenmore, NY $115 $40 ★ 3/5 230 min 14.4%
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY $115 $40 ★ 2/5 309 min 14.8%
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $120 ★ 2/5 206 min 17.2%
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $141 $201 ★ 3/5 123 min 15.2%
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $168 $216 ★ 1/5 202 min 15.2%
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $200 $176 ★ 3/5 240 min 15.3%
Slhs Massena, Inc Massena, NY $209 $44 112 min 14.6%
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $225 $44 ★ 2/5 183 min 16.9%
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $225 $247 110 min 15.0%
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown, NY $243 $263 ★ 2/5 160 min 16.0%
United Memorial Medical Center Batavia, NY $245 $44 ★ 2/5 164 min 14.7%
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY $249 $257 ★ 3/5 200 min 15.5%
Unity Hospital Rochester, NY $250 $40 ★ 2/5 294 min 15.3%
Unity Specialty Hospital Rochester, NY $250 $40
Community Memorial Hospital, Inc Hamilton, NY $279 $89 ★ 4/5 141 min 15.3%
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $286 $43 ★ 2/5 137 min 15.6%
Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY $287 $46 ★ 2/5 237 min 15.8%
Westfield Memorial Hospital, Inc Westfield, NY $291 $56 114 min 14.8%
Corning Hospital Corning, NY $296 $187 ★ 3/5 209 min 14.5%
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs, NY $311 $51 ★ 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)
$600
Cash / self-pay
$391
Insurer-negotiated
$184
Medicare pays
$40
$115$1,666
Median cash $391  ·  Medicare $40  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $391 — about 9.7× the Medicare rate ($40). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($81).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $600 list price could save about $209 (35%).

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