Emergency department visit (level 1) cost in New York

Prices at 89 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $225 — 8% above the US median ($208), roughly 20.4× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $35 — ★ 2/5 208 min —
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $40 $35 ★ 2/5 199 min —
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $49 $68 — 95 min —
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $49 $63 ★ 2/5 109 min —
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $49 $68 ★ 4/5 111 min —
Wynn Hospital Utica, NY $67 $816 ★ 1/5 211 min —
Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY $78 $15 ★ 2/5 233 min —
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $88 $112 ★ 3/5 132 min —
Community Memorial Hospital, Inc Hamilton, NY $90 $25 ★ 4/5 155 min —
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $90 $205 ★ 1/5 201 min —
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Bronx, NY $104 $170 ★ 2/5 234 min —
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY $104 $170 ★ 2/5 220 min —
Elmhurst Hospital Center Elmhurst, NY $104 $170 ★ 2/5 278 min —
Bronx VA Medical Center Bronx, NY $104 $158 ★ 4/5 — —
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NY $104 $170 ★ 2/5 160 min —
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, NY $104 $170 ★ 3/5 171 min —
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY $104 $158 ★ 1/5 261 min —
Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY $104 $158 ★ 2/5 181 min —
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NY $104 $158 ★ 2/5 245 min —
Harlem Hospital Center New York, NY $104 $158 ★ 2/5 144 min —
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Brooklyn, NY $104 $158 ★ 2/5 198 min —
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $109 $96 ★ 3/5 219 min —
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $125 $97 ★ 2/5 190 min —
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $125 $138 — 113 min —
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $131 $14 ★ 2/5 142 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)
$424
Cash / self-pay
$225
Insurer-negotiated
$130
Medicare pays
$11
$75$1,395
Median cash $225  ·  Medicare $11  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $225 — about 20.4× the Medicare rate ($11). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($22).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $424 list price could save about $200 (47%).

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