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
$155,986
gross charge · DRG 163
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$49,123 – $582,271
low to high
Lowest $49,123 Highest $582,271

18 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 $155,986.

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

    Rochester General Hospital

    Rochester, NY

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

    RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic

    Clifton Springs, NY

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

    Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)

    Kenmore, NY

    Gross charge $99,477
    Cash pay $97,791
  9. 9

    Ellis Hospital

    Schenectady, NY

    Gross charge $102,700
    Cash pay $51,350
  10. 10

    Corning Hospital

    Corning, NY

    Gross charge $112,373
    Cash pay $89,898
  11. 11

    Mount St. Mary's Hospital

    Lewiston, NY

    Gross charge $118,744
  12. 12

    Sisters of Charity Hospital

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $118,744
  13. 13

    Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $118,744
    Medicare pays (avg) $34,103
  14. 14

    Bassett Healthcare

    Cooperstown, NY

    Gross charge $119,918
    Cash pay $32,378
  15. 15

    Wynn Hospital

    Utica, NY

    Gross charge $124,107
    Cash pay $74,464
  16. 16

    Guthrie Cortland Medical Center

    Cortland, NY

    Gross charge $165,820
    Cash pay $132,656
  17. 17

    Bon Secours Community Hospital

    Port Jervis, NY

    Gross charge $582,271
    Cash pay $68,560
  18. 18

    Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Valhalla, NY

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $582,271
    Cash pay $72,797
    Medicare pays (avg) $51,046
  19. 19

    Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge —
  20. 20

    Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    East Meadow, NY

    Gross charge —
  21. 21

    Richmond University Medical Center

    Staten Island, NY

    Gross charge —
  22. 22

    Huntington Hospital

    Huntington, NY

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $173,515
    Medicare pays (avg) $34,775
  23. 23

    Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus

    Brooklyn, NY

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  24. 24

    Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Geneva, NY

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  25. 25

    Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $56,597
  26. 26

    UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital

    Canandaigua, NY

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  27. 27

    Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital

    Mount Vernon, NY

    Gross charge —
  28. 28

    Bertrand Chaffee Hospital

    Springville, NY

    Gross charge —
  29. 29

    Garnet Health Medical Center

    Middletown, NY

    12 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $37,480
  30. 30
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  31. 31

    UR Medicine St James Hospital

    Hornell, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $50,800
  32. 32

    Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Watertown, NY

    Gross charge —
  33. 33

    Highland Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $50,800
  34. 34

    Glen Cove Hospital (Acute Care)

    Glen Cove, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $152,984
  35. 35

    Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

    New Rochelle, NY

    Gross charge —
  36. 36

    Glens Falls Hospital

    Glens Falls, NY

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  37. 37

    Long Island Jewish Medical Center

    New Hyde Park, NY

    49 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $173,515
    Medicare pays (avg) $47,227
  38. 38

    Crouse Hospital

    Syracuse, NY

    Gross charge —
  39. 39

    NYU Langone Hospitals

    New York, NY

    83 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $50,379
  40. 40

    Oswego Hospital

    Oswego, NY

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  41. 41

    Erie County Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

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  42. 42

    Saratoga Hospital

    Saratoga Springs, NY

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  43. 43
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  44. 44

    Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall

    Newburgh, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $37,541
  45. 45

    Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $50,800
  46. 46

    Good Samaritan University Hospital

    West Islip, NY

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $36,811
  47. 47

    White Plains Hospital

    White Plains, NY

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $40,435
  48. 48

    Cayuga Medical Center

    Ithaca, NY

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  49. 49

    Plainview Hospital

    Plainview, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $152,984
  50. 50
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  51. 51

    St. Barnabas Hospital

    Bronx, NY

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  52. 52
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  53. 53

    Schuyler Hospital

    Montour Falls, NY

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  54. 54

    Kaleida Health (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

    14 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $35,064
  55. 55

    Albany Medical Center Hospital

    Albany, NY

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $44,689
  56. 56

    Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Jamaica, NY

    Gross charge —
  57. 57

    Olean General Hospital

    Olean, NY

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  58. 58

    Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

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  59. 59

    Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Elmhurst, NY

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  60. 60

    Flushing Hospital Medical Center

    Flushing, NY

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  61. 61

    Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn, NY

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  62. 62

    NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

    Brooklyn, NY

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  63. 63
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  64. 64

    Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Brooklyn, NY

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  65. 65

    Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    New York, NY

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  66. 66

    St John's Riverside Hospital

    Yonkers, NY

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  67. 67

    Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc

    Dunkirk, NY

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  68. 68

    Queens Hospital Center

    Jamaica, NY

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  69. 69

    Harlem Hospital Center

    New York, NY

    Gross charge —
  70. 70

    Suny/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $12,506
  71. 71

    Stony Brook University Hospital

    Stony Brook, NY

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $48,252
  72. 72

    United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.

    Binghamton, NY

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  73. 73

    UHS Delaware Valley Hospital

    Walton, NY

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  74. 74

    St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore

    Far Rockaway, NY

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