Knee joint injection cost in New York

Prices at 80 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $532 — 11% above the US median ($477), roughly 7.7× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Community Memorial Hospital, Inc Hamilton, NY $105 $64 ★ 4/5 141 min 15.3%
Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center Schenectady, NY $114 $98 13.1%
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $118 $374 ★ 3/5 123 min 15.2%
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $118 $125 88 min 14.7%
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $118 $125 ★ 4/5 109 min 14.6%
Nathan Littauer Hospital Gloversville, NY $128 ★ 2/5 172 min 15.0%
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $135 ★ 2/5 206 min 17.2%
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown, NY $169 $211 ★ 2/5 160 min 16.0%
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY $170 $133 144 min 15.2%
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY $236 $381 ★ 1/5 236 min 15.3%
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $298 $319 ★ 3/5 240 min 15.3%
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY $309 $28 ★ 2/5 228 min 16.2%
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $326 $452 ★ 1/5 202 min 15.2%
Helen Hayes Hospital West Haverstraw, NY $349 $56
Westfield Memorial Hospital, Inc Westfield, NY $360 $89 114 min 14.8%
Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall Newburgh, NY $383 $2,422 ★ 2/5 192 min 15.1%
Corning Hospital Corning, NY $416 $349 ★ 3/5 209 min 14.5%
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $419 $349 ★ 2/5 183 min 16.9%
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $419 $461 110 min 15.0%
St Mary's Healthcare Amsterdam, NY $422 $296 ★ 3/5 155 min 15.4%
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center Cortland, NY $450 $382 ★ 3/5 171 min 15.3%
Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY $532 $349 ★ 1/5 164 min 16.7%
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY $535 $51 ★ 2/5 309 min 14.8%
St Peter's Hospital Albany, NY $541 $330 ★ 2/5 374 min 14.8%
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York Troy, NY $541 $330 ★ 3/5 243 min 14.3%

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)
$949
Cash / self-pay
$532
Insurer-negotiated
$383
Medicare pays
$69
$117$1,080
Median cash $532  ·  Medicare $69  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $532 — about 7.7× the Medicare rate ($69). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($138).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $949 list price could save about $417 (44%).

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