Fecal occult blood (stool) test cost in New York

Prices at 88 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $32 — 19% below the US median ($39), roughly 3.1× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY $6 $4 144 min 15.2%
Bronxcare Hospital Center Bronx, NY $10 ★ 1/5 184 min 16.7%
Westfield Memorial Hospital, Inc Westfield, NY $11 $11 114 min 14.8%
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY $11 $5 ★ 1/5 236 min 15.3%
NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY $12 $31 ★ 5/5 206 min 13.1%
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $12 $13 ★ 2/5 183 min 16.9%
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $12 $13 110 min 15.0%
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $17 $4 ★ 3/5 240 min 15.3%
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $19 $8 ★ 3/5 123 min 15.2%
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $19 $8 ★ 2/5 199 min 15.6%
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $19 $30 88 min 14.7%
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $19 $15 ★ 2/5 110 min 15.7%
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $19 $28 ★ 4/5 109 min 14.6%
Ellis Hospital Schenectady, NY $23 $5 ★ 3/5 232 min 14.9%
Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY $25 $8 ★ 1/5 164 min 16.7%
Wynn Hospital Utica, NY $26 $7 ★ 1/5 215 min 15.6%
St Mary's Healthcare Amsterdam, NY $26 $7 ★ 3/5 155 min 15.4%
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown, NY $30 $17 ★ 2/5 160 min 16.0%
Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY $31 $6 ★ 2/5 206 min 16.3%
United Memorial Medical Center Batavia, NY $31 $4 ★ 2/5 164 min 14.7%
Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY $31 $5 ★ 2/5 237 min 15.8%
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs, NY $31 $7 ★ 2/5 168 min 16.1%
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica, NY $31 $14 ★ 1/5 237 min 15.7%
Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing, NY $31 $11 ★ 2/5 217 min 15.6%
Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY $32 ★ 4/5 240 min 14.6%

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 August 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)
$48
Cash / self-pay
$32
Insurer-negotiated
$11
Medicare pays
$10
$12$78
Median cash $32  ·  Medicare $10  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $32 — about 3.1× the Medicare rate ($10). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($20).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $48 list price could save about $16 (34%).

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