Emergency department visit (level 3) cost in New York

Prices at 75 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $609 — about the US median ($598), roughly 8.8× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Ellis Hospital Schenectady, NY $98 $68 ★ 3/5 232 min 14.9%
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $100 $114 ★ 2/5 199 min 15.6%
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $113 $164 88 min 14.7%
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $113 $154 ★ 2/5 110 min 15.7%
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $113 $164 ★ 4/5 109 min 14.6%
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $190 $351 ★ 3/5 123 min 15.2%
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $200 ★ 2/5 206 min 17.2%
Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY $221 $78 ★ 2/5 237 min 15.8%
Slhs Massena, Inc Massena, NY $291 $70 112 min 14.6%
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $294 $294 ★ 1/5 202 min 15.2%
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY $294 $443 ★ 3/5 200 min 15.5%
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $328 $307 ★ 3/5 240 min 15.3%
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $347 $75 ★ 2/5 183 min 16.9%
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $347 $382 110 min 15.0%
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown, NY $361 $391 ★ 2/5 160 min 16.0%
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $361 $74 ★ 2/5 137 min 15.6%
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY $363 $67 144 min 15.2%
United Memorial Medical Center Batavia, NY $389 $68 ★ 2/5 164 min 14.7%
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY $425 $713 ★ 1/5 236 min 15.3%
Community Memorial Hospital, Inc Hamilton, NY $433 $138 ★ 4/5 141 min 15.3%
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs, NY $495 $83 ★ 2/5 168 min 16.1%
Westfield Memorial Hospital, Inc Westfield, NY $508 $103 114 min 14.8%
Corning Hospital Corning, NY $522 $328 ★ 3/5 209 min 14.5%
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center Cortland, NY $525 $363 ★ 3/5 171 min 15.3%
Bronxcare Hospital Center Bronx, NY $558 $144 ★ 1/5 184 min 16.7%

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)
$940
Cash / self-pay
$609
Insurer-negotiated
$301
Medicare pays
$69
$195$2,415
Median cash $609  ·  Medicare $69  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $609 — about 8.8× the Medicare rate ($69). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($139).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $940 list price could save about $331 (35%).

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