Electromyography (EMG) cost in New York

Prices at 69 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $295 — 7% below the US median ($319), roughly 2.1× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $58 $90 88 min 14.7%
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $58 $74 ★ 2/5 110 min 15.7%
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $77 $110 ★ 4/5 109 min 14.6%
Nathan Littauer Hospital Gloversville, NY $82 ★ 2/5 172 min 15.0%
Ellis Hospital Schenectady, NY $125 $128 ★ 3/5 232 min 14.9%
NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY $134 $429 ★ 5/5 206 min 13.1%
Crouse Hospital Syracuse, NY $146 $166 ★ 2/5 227 min 14.9%
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY $153 $188 ★ 1/5 236 min 15.3%
Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall Newburgh, NY $166 $1,050 ★ 2/5 192 min 15.1%
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY $198 $218 ★ 2/5 228 min 16.2%
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $240 $163 ★ 2/5 199 min 15.6%
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $268 ★ 2/5 206 min 17.2%
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $285 $77 ★ 2/5 137 min 15.6%
Slhs Massena, Inc Massena, NY $287 112 min 14.6%
Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY $295 ★ 2/5 206 min 16.3%
Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY $295 ★ 2/5 237 min 15.8%
Bronxcare Hospital Center Bronx, NY $298 $148 ★ 1/5 184 min 16.7%
Unity Hospital Rochester, NY $317 ★ 2/5 294 min 15.3%
Unity Specialty Hospital Rochester, NY $317
Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY $319 $153 ★ 1/5 164 min 16.7%
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY $370 $166 ★ 3/5 200 min 15.5%
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc. Brooklyn, NY $469 $112 ★ 1/5 193 min 16.8%
St John's Riverside Hospital Yonkers, NY $477 $165 ★ 3/5 217 min 16.3%
Suny/stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY $565 $167 ★ 5/5 225 min 14.7%
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus Kingston, NY $587 $335 ★ 1/5 230 min 15.2%

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)
$363
Cash / self-pay
$295
Insurer-negotiated
$153
Medicare pays
$141
$64$630
Median cash $295  ·  Medicare $141  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $295 — about 2.1× the Medicare rate ($141). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($282).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $363 list price could save about $68 (19%).

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