CT scan of the chest with contrast Cost in Syracuse, NY

Prices at 3 hospitals in Syracuse, NY, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,485 — about the US median ($1,522), roughly 8.9× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center	Syracuse, NY	$1,411	$467	★ 2/5	226 min	—
Crouse Hospital	Syracuse, NY	$1,558	$314	★ 2/5	220 min	—

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 October 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)

$2,171

Cash / self-pay

$1,485

Insurer-negotiated

$467

Medicare pays

$167

$1,426$1,543

Median cash $1,485 · Medicare $167 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,485 — about 8.9× the Medicare rate ($167). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($333).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $2,171 list price could save about $686 (32%).

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Doctors who perform this in Syracuse

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Thomas Chacko, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	234
Amy Marcinkowski, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	171
Scott Buckingham, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	119
Guido Scatorchia, MD	Interventional Radiology	Syracuse, NY	82
Stuart Groskin, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	80
Ernest Scalzetti, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	65
Marlon Coelho, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	63
Ahsan Ullah Khan	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	55
Monda Shehata, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	51
Aaron Sharma, MD	Interventional Radiology	Syracuse, NY	40
Jennifer Barna, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	11

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