Headache Cost in New York — Compare All Hospitals
Severe or persistent headaches, such as migraine, that need hospital care for relief. The stay typically involves IV medications and tests to rule out more serious causes.
State average
$35,582
gross charge · DRG 103
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$5,857 – $110,729
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge $5,857 - 2
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital
Oneonta, NY
Gross charge $6,098Cash pay $1,647 - 3
Little Falls Hospital
Little Falls, NY
Gross charge $8,737Cash pay $2,359 - 4
Mount St. Mary's Hospital
Lewiston, NY
Gross charge $17,115 - 5
Sisters of Charity Hospital
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge $17,115 - 6
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge $17,115 - 7
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady, NY
Gross charge $17,457Cash pay $8,728 - 8
Canton-Potsdam Hospital
Potsdam, NY
Gross charge $20,941Cash pay $13,612 - 9
Rochester General Hospital
Rochester, NY
Gross charge $21,280Cash pay $13,832 - 10
RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic
Clifton Springs, NY
Gross charge $21,280Cash pay $13,832 - 11
Bassett Healthcare
Cooperstown, NY
Gross charge $23,367Cash pay $6,309 - 12
Bronxcare Hospital Center
Bronx, NY
Gross charge $24,492Cash pay $21,918 - 13
Wynn Hospital
Utica, NY
Gross charge $24,921Cash pay $14,953 - 14
Corning Hospital
Corning, NY
Gross charge $29,873Cash pay $23,898 - 15
Guthrie Cortland Medical Center
Cortland, NY
Gross charge $33,563Cash pay $26,851 - 16
Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)
Kenmore, NY
Gross charge $41,892Cash pay $38,103 - 17
Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care)
Elmira, NY
Gross charge $57,008 - 18
St. Peter's Hospital
Albany, NY
Gross charge $57,745Cash pay $37,534 - 19
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York
Troy, NY
Gross charge $57,745Cash pay $37,534 - 20
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Sunnyview Hospital
Schenectady, NY
Gross charge $57,745Cash pay $37,534 - 21
Bon Secours Community Hospital
Port Jervis, NY
Gross charge $110,729Cash pay $13,288 - 22
Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)
Valhalla, NY
Gross charge $110,729Cash pay $13,891 - 23
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc
Binghamton, NY
Gross charge — - 24
Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)
East Meadow, NY
Gross charge — - 25
Richmond University Medical Center
Staten Island, NY
Gross charge — - 26
Huntington Hospital
Huntington, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $33,148Medicare pays (avg) $6,347 - 27
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge — - 28
Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)
Geneva, NY
Gross charge — - 29
Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)
Bronx, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,760 - 30
UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital
Canandaigua, NY
Gross charge — - 31
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
Mount Vernon, NY
Gross charge — - 32
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital
Springville, NY
Gross charge — - 33
Garnet Health Medical Center
Middletown, NY
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
UR Medicine St James Hospital
Hornell, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,462 - 36
Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)
Watertown, NY
Gross charge — - 37
Highland Hospital
Rochester, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,462 - 38
Glen Cove Hospital (Acute Care)
Glen Cove, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $29,248 - 39
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
New Rochelle, NY
Gross charge — - 40
Glens Falls Hospital
Glens Falls, NY
Gross charge — - 41
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $33,148 - 42
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, NY
Gross charge — - 43
NYU Langone Hospitals
New York, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,044 - 44
Oswego Hospital
Oswego, NY
Gross charge — - 45
Erie County Medical Center (Acute Care)
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge — - 46
Saratoga Hospital
Saratoga Springs, NY
Gross charge — - 47
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center
Syracuse, NY
Gross charge — - 48
Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall
Newburgh, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,709 - 49
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,462 - 50
Good Samaritan University Hospital
West Islip, NY
Gross charge — - 51
White Plains Hospital
White Plains, NY
Gross charge — - 52
Cayuga Medical Center
Ithaca, NY
Gross charge — - 53
Plainview Hospital
Plainview, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $29,248 - 54Gross charge —
- 55
St. Barnabas Hospital
Bronx, NY
Gross charge — - 56Gross charge —
- 57
Schuyler Hospital
Montour Falls, NY
Gross charge — - 58
Kaleida Health (Acute Care)
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge — - 59
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY
Gross charge — - 60
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Jamaica, NY
Gross charge — - 61
Olean General Hospital
Olean, NY
Gross charge — - 62
Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)
Bronx, NY
Gross charge — - 63
Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Elmhurst, NY
Gross charge — - 64
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Flushing, NY
Gross charge — - 65
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge — - 66
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge — - 67
Metropolitan Hospital Center (Acute Care — New York)
New York, NY
Gross charge — - 68
Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge — - 69
Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)
New York, NY
Gross charge — - 70
St John's Riverside Hospital
Yonkers, NY
Gross charge — - 71
Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc
Dunkirk, NY
Gross charge — - 72
Queens Hospital Center
Jamaica, NY
Gross charge — - 73
Harlem Hospital Center
New York, NY
Gross charge — - 74
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,439 - 75
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY
Gross charge — - 76
United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.
Binghamton, NY
Gross charge — - 77
UHS Delaware Valley Hospital
Walton, NY
Gross charge — - 78
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore
Far Rockaway, NY
Gross charge —
22 New York hospitals list a gross charge for headache under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $5,857 to $110,729. The cheapest is New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc. in Brooklyn; the most expensive is Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care) in Valhalla. The state average sits at $35,582.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists headache at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent headache admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. New York hospitals missing from the list either don't perform headache in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 103 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.