Emergency department visit (level 5) cost in New York

Prices at 77 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,140 — 19% below the US median ($1,406), roughly 6.7× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $245 $370 88 min 14.7%
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $245 $347 ★ 2/5 110 min 15.7%
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $245 $370 ★ 4/5 109 min 14.6%
Ellis Hospital Schenectady, NY $258 $190 ★ 3/5 232 min 14.9%
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY $367 $226 ★ 2/5 228 min 16.2%
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $399 $157 ★ 2/5 137 min 15.6%
Unity Hospital Rochester, NY $399 $168 ★ 2/5 294 min 15.3%
Unity Specialty Hospital Rochester, NY $399 $168
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $415 $777 ★ 3/5 123 min 15.2%
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $490 ★ 2/5 206 min 17.2%
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $534 $692 ★ 3/5 240 min 15.3%
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $658 $658 ★ 1/5 202 min 15.2%
Slhs Massena, Inc Massena, NY $666 $172 112 min 14.6%
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY $680 $856 ★ 3/5 200 min 15.5%
United Memorial Medical Center Batavia, NY $743 $168 ★ 2/5 164 min 14.7%
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY $756 $206 144 min 15.2%
Community Memorial Hospital, Inc Hamilton, NY $780 $248 ★ 4/5 141 min 15.3%
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown, NY $812 $866 ★ 2/5 160 min 16.0%
NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY $841 $4,659 ★ 5/5 206 min 13.1%
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center Cortland, NY $854 $804 ★ 3/5 171 min 15.3%
Corning Hospital Corning, NY $854 $726 ★ 3/5 209 min 14.5%
Bronxcare Hospital Center Bronx, NY $859 $250 ★ 1/5 184 min 16.7%
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs, NY $889 $168 ★ 2/5 168 min 16.1%
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica, NY $1,008 $755 ★ 1/5 237 min 15.7%
Nathan Littauer Hospital Gloversville, NY $1,029 ★ 2/5 172 min 15.0%

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)
$1,814
Cash / self-pay
$1,140
Insurer-negotiated
$675
Medicare pays
$171
$389$4,478
Median cash $1,140  ·  Medicare $171  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,140 — about 6.7× the Medicare rate ($171). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($343).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,814 list price could save about $674 (37%).

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