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
$67,843
gross charge · DRG 486
Hospitals
27
with published pricing
Price range
$19,520 – $261,163
low to high
Lowest $19,520 Highest $261,163

27 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 $67,843.

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

    Sisters of Charity Hospital

    Buffalo, NY

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

    Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)

    Kenmore, NY

    Gross charge $27,467
    Cash pay $26,368
  4. 4

    Mount St. Mary's Hospital

    Lewiston, NY

    Gross charge $27,467
    Cash pay $26,368
  5. 5

    Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $27,467
    Cash pay $26,368
  6. 6

    Canton-Potsdam Hospital

    Potsdam, NY

    Gross charge $35,549
    Cash pay $23,107
  7. 7

    Wynn Hospital

    Utica, NY

    Gross charge $36,047
    Cash pay $21,628
  8. 8

    Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital

    Oneonta, NY

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

    Bassett Healthcare

    Cooperstown, NY

    Gross charge $49,467
    Cash pay $13,356
  10. 10

    O'connor Hospital

    Delhi, NY

    Gross charge $49,467
    Cash pay $13,356
  11. 11

    Little Falls Hospital

    Little Falls, NY

    Gross charge $49,467
    Cash pay $13,356
  12. 12

    Cobleskill Regional Hospital

    Cobleskill, NY

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

    RRH Newark-Wayne Community Hospital

    Newark, NY

    Gross charge $58,336
    Cash pay $37,918
  14. 14

    United Memorial Medical Center

    Batavia, NY

    Gross charge $58,336
    Cash pay $37,918
  15. 15

    Rochester General Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge $58,336
    Cash pay $37,918
  16. 16

    RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic

    Clifton Springs, NY

    Gross charge $58,336
    Cash pay $37,918
  17. 17
    Gross charge $58,336
    Cash pay $37,918
  18. 18

    Bronxcare Hospital Center

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge $60,563
    Cash pay $47,108
  19. 19

    St Mary's Healthcare

    Amsterdam, NY

    Gross charge $64,654
  20. 20

    St. Peter's Hospital

    Albany, NY

    Gross charge $72,277
    Cash pay $46,980
  21. 21

    Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

    Troy, NY

    Gross charge $72,277
    Cash pay $46,980
  22. 22
    Gross charge $72,277
    Cash pay $46,980
  23. 23

    Guthrie Cortland Medical Center

    Cortland, NY

    Gross charge $74,316
    Cash pay $59,453
  24. 24

    Corning Hospital

    Corning, NY

    Gross charge $74,316
    Cash pay $59,453
  25. 25

    Ellis Hospital

    Schenectady, NY

    Gross charge $78,754
    Cash pay $39,377
  26. 26

    Bon Secours Community Hospital

    Port Jervis, NY

    Gross charge $261,163
    Cash pay $29,934
  27. 27

    Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Valhalla, NY

    Gross charge $261,163
    Cash pay $31,632
  28. 28

    Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    East Meadow, NY

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Richmond University Medical Center

    Staten Island, NY

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Geneva, NY

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital

    Canandaigua, NY

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital

    Mount Vernon, NY

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Bertrand Chaffee Hospital

    Springville, NY

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Garnet Health Medical Center

    Middletown, NY

    Gross charge
  38. 38
    Gross charge
  39. 39

    UR Medicine St James Hospital

    Hornell, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $24,347
  40. 40

    Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Watertown, NY

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    Highland Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $24,347
  42. 42

    Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

    New Rochelle, NY

    Gross charge
  43. 43

    Glens Falls Hospital

    Glens Falls, NY

    Gross charge
  44. 44

    Crouse Hospital

    Syracuse, NY

    Gross charge
  45. 45

    NYU Langone Hospitals

    New York, NY

    Gross charge
  46. 46

    Oswego Hospital

    Oswego, NY

    Gross charge
  47. 47

    Saratoga Hospital

    Saratoga Springs, NY

    Gross charge
  48. 48
    Gross charge
  49. 49

    Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall

    Newburgh, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,995
  50. 50

    Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $24,347
  51. 51

    White Plains Hospital

    White Plains, NY

    Gross charge
  52. 52

    Cayuga Medical Center

    Ithaca, NY

    Gross charge
  53. 53
    Gross charge
  54. 54

    St. Barnabas Hospital

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge
  55. 55
    Gross charge
  56. 56

    Schuyler Hospital

    Montour Falls, NY

    Gross charge
  57. 57

    Kaleida Health (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge
  58. 58

    Albany Medical Center Hospital

    Albany, NY

    Gross charge
  59. 59

    Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Jamaica, NY

    Gross charge
  60. 60

    Olean General Hospital

    Olean, NY

    Gross charge
  61. 61

    Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge
  62. 62

    Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Elmhurst, NY

    Gross charge
  63. 63

    Flushing Hospital Medical Center

    Flushing, NY

    Gross charge
  64. 64

    Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
  65. 65

    NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
  66. 66
    Gross charge
  67. 67

    Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
  68. 68

    Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    New York, NY

    Gross charge
  69. 69

    St John's Riverside Hospital

    Yonkers, NY

    Gross charge
  70. 70

    Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc

    Dunkirk, NY

    Gross charge
  71. 71

    Queens Hospital Center

    Jamaica, NY

    Gross charge
  72. 72

    Harlem Hospital Center

    New York, NY

    Gross charge
  73. 73

    Hospital for Special Surgery

    New York, NY

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $76,111
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,951
  74. 74

    Good Samaritan University Hospital

    West Islip, NY

    Gross charge
  75. 75

    Stony Brook University Hospital

    Stony Brook, NY

    Gross charge
  76. 76

    United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge
  77. 77

    UHS Delaware Valley Hospital

    Walton, NY

    Gross charge

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