Chest fluid drain (thoracentesis) Cost in Syracuse, NY

Prices at 3 hospitals in Syracuse, NY, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,348 — 9% above the US median ($1,239), roughly 4.3× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Crouse Hospital	Syracuse, NY	$970	$783	★ 2/5	220 min	—
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center	Syracuse, NY	$1,726	$676	★ 2/5	226 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)

$2,104

Cash / self-pay

$1,348

Insurer-negotiated

$783

Medicare pays

$311

$1,046$1,650

Median cash $1,348 · Medicare $311 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,348 — about 4.3× the Medicare rate ($311). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($622).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $2,104 list price could save about $756 (36%).

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Doctors who perform this in Syracuse

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
Stacey Schneble, NP-C	Nurse Practitioner	Syracuse, NY	126
Erin Brown, PA	Physician Assistant	Syracuse, NY	57
Scott Channels, RPA	Physician Assistant	Syracuse, NY	52
John Haines, M.D.	Interventional Radiology	Syracuse, NY	47
Terese Santaro-Gustke, NP	Nurse Practitioner	Syracuse, NY	44
Waqas Abid, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Syracuse, NY	27
Corinne Schiff	Nurse Practitioner	Syracuse, NY	20
Nabamita Bisen, M.D.	Pulmonary Disease	Syracuse, NY	16

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