Emergency department visit cost in New York

Prices at 88 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $504 — 13% below the US median ($579), roughly 7.3× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $88 $151 — 95 min —
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $88 $104 ★ 2/5 109 min —
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $88 $162 ★ 4/5 111 min —
Ellis Hospital Schenectady, NY $98 $116 ★ 3/5 232 min —
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $108 $140 ★ 2/5 199 min —
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $190 $540 ★ 3/5 132 min —
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $200 — ★ 2/5 208 min —
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $203 $307 ★ 3/5 219 min —
Westfield Memorial Hospital, Inc Westfield, NY $209 $138 — 120 min —
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $225 $116 ★ 2/5 190 min —
Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY $256 $94 ★ 2/5 233 min —
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $294 $461 ★ 1/5 201 min —
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY $294 $743 ★ 3/5 193 min —
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY $317 $71 ★ 2/5 307 min —
Corning Hospital Corning, NY $319 $307 ★ 3/5 210 min —
Slhs Massena, Inc Massena, NY $324 $116 — 116 min —
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center Cortland, NY $324 $383 ★ 3/5 182 min —
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $347 $281 — 113 min —
Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY $353 $133 ★ 2/5 205 min —
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY $360 $156 ★ 2/5 226 min —
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown, NY $361 $280 ★ 2/5 171 min —
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $361 $98 ★ 2/5 142 min —
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY $363 $125 — 145 min —
United Memorial Medical Center Batavia, NY $379 $124 ★ 2/5 167 min —
Unity Hospital Rochester, NY $383 $99 ★ 2/5 299 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)
$1,053
Cash / self-pay
$504
Insurer-negotiated
$397
Medicare pays
$69
$202$2,006
Median cash $504  ·  Medicare $69  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $504 — about 7.3× the Medicare rate ($69). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($139).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,053 list price could save about $549 (52%).

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