CT scan of the head with contrast cost in New York

Prices at 86 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $772 — 44% below the US median ($1,380), roughly 5.2× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $145 — ★ 2/5 208 min —
Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY $191 $108 ★ 2/5 233 min —
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Bronx, NY $211 $440 ★ 2/5 234 min —
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY $211 $463 ★ 2/5 220 min —
Elmhurst Hospital Center Elmhurst, NY $211 $438 ★ 2/5 278 min —
Bronx VA Medical Center Bronx, NY $211 $435 ★ 4/5 — —
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NY $211 $459 ★ 2/5 160 min —
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, NY $211 $436 ★ 3/5 171 min —
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY $211 $457 ★ 1/5 261 min —
Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY $211 $457 ★ 2/5 181 min —
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NY $211 $452 ★ 2/5 245 min —
Harlem Hospital Center New York, NY $211 $453 ★ 2/5 144 min —
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Brooklyn, NY $211 $436 ★ 2/5 198 min —
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $216 $216 ★ 1/5 201 min —
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $253 $141 ★ 2/5 190 min —
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $253 $278 — 113 min —
Unity Hospital Rochester, NY $281 $106 ★ 2/5 299 min —
Unity Specialty Hospital Rochester, NY $281 $106 — — —
St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY $326 $1,409 ★ 4/5 162 min —
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $329 $205 ★ 2/5 109 min —
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY $449 $218 ★ 1/5 229 min —
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $453 $274 — 95 min —
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $453 $218 ★ 4/5 111 min —
Bronxcare Hospital Center Bronx, NY $475 $181 ★ 1/5 186 min —
Kenmore Mercy Hospital Kenmore, NY $487 $113 ★ 3/5 236 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)
$1,609
Cash / self-pay
$772
Insurer-negotiated
$231
Medicare pays
$148
$211$2,487
Median cash $772  ·  Medicare $148  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $772 — about 5.2× the Medicare rate ($148). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($297).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,609 list price could save about $837 (52%).

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