Simple laceration repair (small, up to 2.5 cm) cost in New York

Prices at 85 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $377 — 25% above the US median ($302), roughly 3.3× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Ellis Hospital Schenectady, NY $68 $95 ★ 3/5 232 min
Slhs Massena, Inc Massena, NY $85 $86 116 min
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY $90 $40 ★ 2/5 226 min
UPMC Chautauqua at Wca Jamestown, NY $100 $125 ★ 2/5 171 min
Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY $105 $153 ★ 2/5 109 min
Kenmore Mercy Hospital Kenmore, NY $110 $48 ★ 3/5 236 min
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY $110 $79 ★ 2/5 307 min
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, NY $129 $128 ★ 2/5 199 min
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY $131 $249 ★ 1/5 229 min
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $133 ★ 2/5 208 min
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Oneonta, NY $143 $252 ★ 3/5 132 min
O'connor Hospital Delhi, NY $143 $180 95 min
Cobleskill Regional Hospital Cobleskill, NY $143 $176 ★ 4/5 111 min
Nathan Littauer Hospital Gloversville, NY $170 ★ 2/5 169 min
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY $209 $57 ★ 2/5 142 min
St Mary's Healthcare Amsterdam, NY $209 $268 ★ 3/5 155 min
St Joseph's Medical Center Yonkers, NY $217 $470 ★ 1/5 201 min
Westfield Memorial Hospital, Inc Westfield, NY $246 $100 120 min
Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall Newburgh, NY $250 $1,583 ★ 2/5 194 min
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc Binghamton, NY $256 $216 ★ 3/5 219 min
Samaritan Medical Center Watertown, NY $262 $250 ★ 2/5 260 min
Clifton-Fine Hospital Star Lake, NY $262 $250
Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY $282 $213 ★ 2/5 190 min
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates Penn Yan, NY $282 $310 113 min
St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY $364 $4,386 ★ 4/5 162 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 September 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)
$535
Cash / self-pay
$377
Insurer-negotiated
$284
Medicare pays
$114
$108$723
Median cash $377  ·  Medicare $114  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $377 — about 3.3× the Medicare rate ($114). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($228).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $535 list price could save about $157 (29%).

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