DRG 163 · Respiratory

Major Chest Surgery Cost in New York — Compare All Hospitals

Major surgery inside the chest, most often removing part of a lung for cancer or other disease, in patients with serious complicating conditions. Recovery typically involves chest tubes, breathing exercises, and several days in the hospital.

State average
$137,949
gross charge · DRG 163
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$49,123 – $582,271
low to high
Lowest $49,123 Highest $582,271

25 New York hospitals list a gross charge for major chest surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $49,123 to $582,271. The cheapest is Bronxcare Hospital Center in Bronx; the most expensive is Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care) in Valhalla. The state average sits at $137,949.

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 major chest surgery 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 major chest surgery 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 major chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 163 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

    Bronxcare Hospital Center

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge $49,123
  2. 2

    St. Peter's Hospital

    Albany, NY

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $81,818
    Cash pay $53,182
    Medicare pays (avg) $35,595
  3. 3

    Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

    Troy, NY

    Gross charge $81,818
    Cash pay $53,182
  4. 4
    Gross charge $81,818
    Cash pay $53,182
  5. 5

    Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Elmira, NY

    Gross charge $86,307
  6. 6

    RRH Newark-Wayne Community Hospital

    Newark, NY

    Gross charge $90,851
    Cash pay $59,053
  7. 7

    United Memorial Medical Center

    Batavia, NY

    Gross charge $90,851
    Cash pay $59,053
  8. 8

    Rochester General Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge $90,851
    Cash pay $59,053
  9. 9

    RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic

    Clifton Springs, NY

    Gross charge $90,851
    Cash pay $59,053
  10. 10
    Gross charge $90,851
    Cash pay $59,053
  11. 11

    Sisters of Charity Hospital

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $99,477
    Cash pay $97,791
  12. 12

    Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)

    Kenmore, NY

    Gross charge $99,477
    Cash pay $97,791
  13. 13

    Mount St. Mary's Hospital

    Lewiston, NY

    Gross charge $99,477
    Cash pay $97,791
  14. 14

    Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $99,477
    Cash pay $97,791
    Medicare pays (avg) $34,103
  15. 15

    Ellis Hospital

    Schenectady, NY

    Gross charge $102,700
    Cash pay $51,350
  16. 16

    Guthrie Cortland Medical Center

    Cortland, NY

    Gross charge $112,373
    Cash pay $89,898
  17. 17

    Corning Hospital

    Corning, NY

    Gross charge $112,373
    Cash pay $89,898
  18. 18

    Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital

    Oneonta, NY

    Gross charge $119,918
    Cash pay $32,378
  19. 19

    Bassett Healthcare

    Cooperstown, NY

    Gross charge $119,918
    Cash pay $32,378
  20. 20

    O'connor Hospital

    Delhi, NY

    Gross charge $119,918
    Cash pay $32,378
  21. 21

    Little Falls Hospital

    Little Falls, NY

    Gross charge $119,918
    Cash pay $32,378
  22. 22

    Cobleskill Regional Hospital

    Cobleskill, NY

    Gross charge $119,918
    Cash pay $32,378
  23. 23

    Wynn Hospital

    Utica, NY

    Gross charge $124,107
    Cash pay $74,464
  24. 24

    Bon Secours Community Hospital

    Port Jervis, NY

    Gross charge $582,271
    Cash pay $68,560
  25. 25

    Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Valhalla, NY

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $582,271
    Cash pay $72,797
    Medicare pays (avg) $51,046
  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

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $56,597
  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

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $37,480
  36. 36
    Gross charge
  37. 37

    UR Medicine St James Hospital

    Hornell, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $50,800
  38. 38

    Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Watertown, NY

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    Highland Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $50,800
  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

    83 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $50,379
  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 $37,541
  48. 48

    Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $50,800
  49. 49

    White Plains Hospital

    White Plains, NY

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $40,435
  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

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $35,064
  56. 56

    Albany Medical Center Hospital

    Albany, NY

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $44,689
  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

    Good Samaritan University Hospital

    West Islip, NY

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $36,811
  72. 72

    Suny/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,506
  73. 73

    Stony Brook University Hospital

    Stony Brook, NY

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $48,252
  74. 74

    United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge
  75. 75

    UHS Delaware Valley Hospital

    Walton, NY

    Gross charge

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