DRG 488 · Musculoskeletal

Knee Surgery Cost in New York — Compare All Hospitals

Knee surgery other than a full joint replacement, such as repairing cartilage or removing damaged tissue, when the problem is not a joint infection, in patients who also have complicating conditions. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.

State average
$81,780
gross charge · DRG 488
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$21,477 – $322,882
low to high
Lowest $21,477 Highest $322,882

25 New York hospitals list a gross charge for knee surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $21,477 to $322,882. 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 $81,780.

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 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 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 in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 488 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 $21,477
  2. 2

    Canton-Potsdam Hospital

    Potsdam, NY

    Gross charge $26,731
    Cash pay $17,375
  3. 3

    Wynn Hospital

    Utica, NY

    Gross charge $37,613
    Cash pay $22,568
  4. 4

    RRH Newark-Wayne Community Hospital

    Newark, NY

    Gross charge $43,914
    Cash pay $28,544
  5. 5

    United Memorial Medical Center

    Batavia, NY

    Gross charge $43,914
    Cash pay $28,544
  6. 6

    Rochester General Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge $43,914
    Cash pay $28,544
  7. 7

    RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic

    Clifton Springs, NY

    Gross charge $43,914
    Cash pay $28,544
  8. 8
    Gross charge $43,914
    Cash pay $28,544
  9. 9

    St. Peter's Hospital

    Albany, NY

    Gross charge $44,644
    Cash pay $29,018
  10. 10

    Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

    Troy, NY

    Gross charge $44,644
    Cash pay $29,018
  11. 11
    Gross charge $44,644
    Cash pay $29,018
  12. 12

    Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital

    Oneonta, NY

    Gross charge $58,411
    Cash pay $15,771
  13. 13

    Bassett Healthcare

    Cooperstown, NY

    Gross charge $58,411
    Cash pay $15,771
  14. 14

    O'connor Hospital

    Delhi, NY

    Gross charge $58,411
    Cash pay $15,771
  15. 15

    Little Falls Hospital

    Little Falls, NY

    Gross charge $58,411
    Cash pay $15,771
  16. 16

    Cobleskill Regional Hospital

    Cobleskill, NY

    Gross charge $58,411
    Cash pay $15,771
  17. 17

    Sisters of Charity Hospital

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $76,390
    Cash pay $74,700
  18. 18

    Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)

    Kenmore, NY

    Gross charge $76,390
    Cash pay $74,700
  19. 19

    Mount St. Mary's Hospital

    Lewiston, NY

    Gross charge $76,390
    Cash pay $74,700
  20. 20

    Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $76,390
    Cash pay $74,700
  21. 21

    Guthrie Cortland Medical Center

    Cortland, NY

    Gross charge $89,704
    Cash pay $71,763
  22. 22

    Corning Hospital

    Corning, NY

    Gross charge $89,704
    Cash pay $71,763
  23. 23

    Ellis Hospital

    Schenectady, NY

    Gross charge $182,391
    Cash pay $91,195
  24. 24

    Bon Secours Community Hospital

    Port Jervis, NY

    Gross charge $322,882
    Cash pay $31,338
  25. 25

    Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Valhalla, NY

    Gross charge $322,882
    Cash pay $33,128
  26. 26

    Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    East Meadow, NY

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Richmond University Medical Center

    Staten Island, NY

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Geneva, NY

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital

    Canandaigua, NY

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital

    Mount Vernon, NY

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Bertrand Chaffee Hospital

    Springville, NY

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Garnet Health Medical Center

    Middletown, NY

    Gross charge
  36. 36
    Gross charge
  37. 37

    UR Medicine St James Hospital

    Hornell, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $20,782
  38. 38

    Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Watertown, NY

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    Highland Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $20,782
  40. 40

    Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

    New Rochelle, NY

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    Glens Falls Hospital

    Glens Falls, NY

    Gross charge
  42. 42

    Crouse Hospital

    Syracuse, NY

    Gross charge
  43. 43

    NYU Langone Hospitals

    New York, NY

    Gross charge
  44. 44

    Oswego Hospital

    Oswego, NY

    Gross charge
  45. 45

    Saratoga Hospital

    Saratoga Springs, NY

    Gross charge
  46. 46
    Gross charge
  47. 47

    Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall

    Newburgh, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,778
  48. 48

    Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $20,782
  49. 49

    White Plains Hospital

    White Plains, NY

    Gross charge
  50. 50

    Cayuga Medical Center

    Ithaca, NY

    Gross charge
  51. 51
    Gross charge
  52. 52

    St. Barnabas Hospital

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge
  53. 53
    Gross charge
  54. 54

    Schuyler Hospital

    Montour Falls, NY

    Gross charge
  55. 55

    Kaleida Health (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge
  56. 56

    Albany Medical Center Hospital

    Albany, NY

    Gross charge
  57. 57

    Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Jamaica, NY

    Gross charge
  58. 58

    Olean General Hospital

    Olean, NY

    Gross charge
  59. 59

    Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge
  60. 60

    Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Elmhurst, NY

    Gross charge
  61. 61

    Flushing Hospital Medical Center

    Flushing, NY

    Gross charge
  62. 62

    Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
  63. 63

    NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
  64. 64
    Gross charge
  65. 65

    Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
  66. 66

    Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    New York, NY

    Gross charge
  67. 67

    St John's Riverside Hospital

    Yonkers, NY

    Gross charge
  68. 68

    Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc

    Dunkirk, NY

    Gross charge
  69. 69

    Queens Hospital Center

    Jamaica, NY

    Gross charge
  70. 70

    Harlem Hospital Center

    New York, NY

    Gross charge
  71. 71

    Hospital for Special Surgery

    New York, NY

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $64,384
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,240
  72. 72

    Good Samaritan University Hospital

    West Islip, NY

    Gross charge
  73. 73

    Suny/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $4,182
  74. 74

    Stony Brook University Hospital

    Stony Brook, NY

    Gross charge
  75. 75

    United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge
  76. 76

    UHS Delaware Valley Hospital

    Walton, NY

    Gross charge

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