DRG 486 · Musculoskeletal

Knee Surgery for Infection Cost in New York — Compare All Hospitals

An operation to treat an infected knee joint, often by washing out the joint or removing infected tissue. The stay includes the surgery and IV antibiotics.

State average
$75,482
gross charge · DRG 486
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$19,520 – $261,163
low to high
Lowest $19,520 Highest $261,163

20 New York hospitals list a gross charge for knee surgery for infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $19,520 to $261,163. The cheapest is Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care) in Elmira; the most expensive is Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care) in Valhalla. The state average sits at $75,482.

What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 knee surgery for infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling knee surgery for infection in New York, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 knee surgery for infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 486 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Elmira, NY

    Gross charge $19,520
  2. 2

    Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)

    Kenmore, NY

    Gross charge $27,467
    Cash pay $26,368
  3. 3

    Canton-Potsdam Hospital

    Potsdam, NY

    Gross charge $35,549
    Cash pay $23,107
  4. 4

    Wynn Hospital

    Utica, NY

    Gross charge $36,047
    Cash pay $21,628
  5. 5

    Mount St. Mary's Hospital

    Lewiston, NY

    Gross charge $42,346
  6. 6

    Sisters of Charity Hospital

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $42,346
  7. 7

    Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $42,346
  8. 8

    Bassett Healthcare

    Cooperstown, NY

    Gross charge $49,467
    Cash pay $13,356
  9. 9

    Rochester General Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge $58,336
    Cash pay $37,918
  10. 10

    RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic

    Clifton Springs, NY

    Gross charge $58,336
    Cash pay $37,918
  11. 11

    Bronxcare Hospital Center

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge $60,563
    Cash pay $47,108
  12. 12

    St Marys Healthcare

    Amsterdam, NY

    Gross charge $64,654
  13. 13

    St. Peter's Hospital

    Albany, NY

    Gross charge $72,277
    Cash pay $46,980
  14. 14

    Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

    Troy, NY

    Gross charge $72,277
    Cash pay $46,980
  15. 15
    Gross charge $72,277
    Cash pay $46,980
  16. 16

    Corning Hospital

    Corning, NY

    Gross charge $74,316
    Cash pay $59,453
  17. 17

    Ellis Hospital

    Schenectady, NY

    Gross charge $78,754
    Cash pay $39,377
  18. 18

    Guthrie Cortland Medical Center

    Cortland, NY

    Gross charge $80,436
    Cash pay $64,348
  19. 19

    Bon Secours Community Hospital

    Port Jervis, NY

    Gross charge $261,163
    Cash pay $29,934
  20. 20

    Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Valhalla, NY

    Gross charge $261,163
    Cash pay $31,632
  21. 21

    Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge —
  22. 22

    Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    East Meadow, NY

    Gross charge —
  23. 23

    Richmond University Medical Center

    Staten Island, NY

    Gross charge —
  24. 24

    Huntington Hospital

    Huntington, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $79,963
  25. 25

    Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge —
  26. 26

    Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Geneva, NY

    Gross charge —
  27. 27

    Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge —
  28. 28

    UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital

    Canandaigua, NY

    Gross charge —
  29. 29

    Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital

    Mount Vernon, NY

    Gross charge —
  30. 30

    Bertrand Chaffee Hospital

    Springville, NY

    Gross charge —
  31. 31

    Garnet Health Medical Center

    Middletown, NY

    Gross charge —
  32. 32
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  33. 33

    UR Medicine St James Hospital

    Hornell, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $24,347
  34. 34

    Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Watertown, NY

    Gross charge —
  35. 35

    Highland Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $24,347
  36. 36

    Glen Cove Hospital (Acute Care)

    Glen Cove, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $70,516
  37. 37

    Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

    New Rochelle, NY

    Gross charge —
  38. 38

    Glens Falls Hospital

    Glens Falls, NY

    Gross charge —
  39. 39

    Long Island Jewish Medical Center

    New Hyde Park, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $79,963
  40. 40

    Crouse Hospital

    Syracuse, NY

    Gross charge —
  41. 41

    NYU Langone Hospitals

    New York, NY

    Gross charge —
  42. 42

    Oswego Hospital

    Oswego, NY

    Gross charge —
  43. 43

    Erie County Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge —
  44. 44

    Saratoga Hospital

    Saratoga Springs, NY

    Gross charge —
  45. 45
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  46. 46

    Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall

    Newburgh, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $15,995
  47. 47

    Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $24,347
  48. 48

    Good Samaritan University Hospital

    West Islip, NY

    Gross charge —
  49. 49

    White Plains Hospital

    White Plains, NY

    Gross charge —
  50. 50

    Cayuga Medical Center

    Ithaca, NY

    Gross charge —
  51. 51

    Plainview Hospital

    Plainview, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $70,516
  52. 52
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  53. 53

    St. Barnabas Hospital

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge —
  54. 54
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  55. 55

    Schuyler Hospital

    Montour Falls, NY

    Gross charge —
  56. 56

    Kaleida Health (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge —
  57. 57

    Albany Medical Center Hospital

    Albany, NY

    Gross charge —
  58. 58

    Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Jamaica, NY

    Gross charge —
  59. 59

    Olean General Hospital

    Olean, NY

    Gross charge —
  60. 60

    Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge —
  61. 61

    Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Elmhurst, NY

    Gross charge —
  62. 62

    Flushing Hospital Medical Center

    Flushing, NY

    Gross charge —
  63. 63

    Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge —
  64. 64

    NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge —
  65. 65
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  66. 66

    Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge —
  67. 67

    Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    New York, NY

    Gross charge —
  68. 68

    St John's Riverside Hospital

    Yonkers, NY

    Gross charge —
  69. 69

    Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc

    Dunkirk, NY

    Gross charge —
  70. 70

    Queens Hospital Center

    Jamaica, NY

    Gross charge —
  71. 71

    Harlem Hospital Center

    New York, NY

    Gross charge —
  72. 72

    Hospital for Special Surgery

    New York, NY

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $76,111
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,951
  73. 73

    Stony Brook University Hospital

    Stony Brook, NY

    Gross charge —
  74. 74

    United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge —
  75. 75

    UHS Delaware Valley Hospital

    Walton, NY

    Gross charge —
  76. 76

    St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore

    Far Rockaway, NY

    Gross charge —

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