Abdominal fluid drain (paracentesis) Cost in New York, NY

Prices at 8 hospitals in New York, NY, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $4,500 — 249% above the US median ($1,290), roughly 15.8× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
NYU Langone Hospitals	New York, NY	$1,413	$4,100	★ 5/5	206 min	13.1%
Mount Sinai Hospital	New York, NY	$4,500	—	★ 4/5	240 min	14.6%
Mount Sinai West	New York, NY	$4,500	$3,387	★ 4/5	278 min	14.3%
Ny Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai	New York, NY	$4,500	$3,387	—	—	—
Mount Sinai Beth Israel	New York, NY	$4,500	$3,387	★ 3/5	227 min	16.4%

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 August 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)

$5,000

Cash / self-pay

$4,500

Insurer-negotiated

$3,387

Medicare pays

$284

$2,648$4,500

Median cash $4,500 · Medicare $284 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $4,500 — about 15.8× the Medicare rate ($284). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($568).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $5,000 list price could save about $500 (10%).

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Doctors who perform this in New York

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
Matthew Chiarello, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	New York, NY	100
Edith Chess, PA-C	Physician Assistant	New York, NY	83
Matthew Del Guzzo, M.D.	Interventional Radiology	New York, NY	52
Sandor Kovacs, M.D.	Interventional Radiology	New York, NY	46
Paulina Dudojc, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	Physician Assistant	New York, NY	45
William Alago, MD	Interventional Radiology	New York, NY	44
Yulia Kit, PA	Physician Assistant	New York, NY	40
Robert Siegelbaum, MD	Interventional Radiology	New York, NY	40
Shaun Honig, MD	Interventional Radiology	New York, NY	36
Dhara Kinariwala, MD	Interventional Radiology	New York, NY	29
Tanping Wong, M.D.	Internal Medicine	New York, NY	21
David Trost, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	New York, NY	18

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