Level 1 Nerve Procedures in New York
What 115 hospitals in New York charged and were paid for level 1 nerve procedures (APC 5431), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$13,440
Hospital list price billed
Average allowed
$2,051
Medicare's payment + patient's share
Medicare paid
$1,627
Average per service
State rank
#42 of 49
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in New York billed an average of $13,440 for level 1 nerve procedures, about 6.6 times the average medicare-allowed amount of $2,051. That payment is 16% above the U.S. average of $1,774.
These are averages for patients with original (fee-for-service) Medicare. Private insurance pays different, negotiated prices, and what you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Use these figures to compare hospitals, not as a quote.
Paid $2,051Billed $13,440
About 15¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in New York billed for this service.
New York hospitals: level 1 nerve procedures
Every New York hospital that billed Medicare for this service at least 11 times. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | Services | Avg charge | Avg allowed | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York | 616 | $13,401 | $2,157 | $1,717 |
| NYU Hospitals CenterNew York | 589 | $20,278 | $2,148 | $1,705 |
| Strong Memorial HospitalRochester | 227 | $11,082 | $1,357 | $1,073 |
| New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York | 225 | $21,799 | $2,197 | $1,748 |
| University HospitalStony Brook | 224 | $16,223 | $2,126 | $1,686 |
| North Shore University HospitalManhasset | 174 | $16,579 | $2,097 | $1,656 |
| White Plains Hospital CtrWhite Plains | 135 | $15,924 | $1,323 | $1,050 |
| St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson | 133 | $13,389 | $2,156 | $1,718 |
| United Health Services HospsBinghamton | 132 | $13,339 | $2,022 | $1,604 |
| Mary Imogene Bassett HospitalCooperstown | 131 | $3,162 | $2,140 | $1,692 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip | 131 | $14,901 | $2,157 | $1,715 |
| Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs | 128 | $6,367 | $2,034 | $1,614 |
| Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca | 114 | $6,055 | $2,177 | $1,731 |
| Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam | 94 | $5,655 | $2,192 | $1,747 |
| Auburn Memorial HospitalAuburn | 93 | $5,557 | $2,193 | $1,742 |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical CtrPlattsburgh | 91 | $2,089 | $2,175 | $1,723 |
| Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre | 85 | $19,780 | $2,155 | $1,713 |
| Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island | 80 | $15,483 | $2,153 | $1,702 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, INCBinghamton | 77 | $9,738 | $1,518 | $1,201 |
| Montefiore Medical CenterBronx | 76 | $20,132 | $2,175 | $1,733 |
| Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira | 68 | $5,940 | $2,047 | $1,625 |
| Nicholas H Noyes Memorial HospitalDansville | 67 | $1,924 | $2,005 | $1,589 |
| Cornwall HospitalCornwall | 65 | $17,525 | $2,168 | $1,726 |
| St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers | 60 | $4,546 | $2,197 | $1,750 |
| Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead | 59 | $10,281 | $1,953 | $1,514 |
| Unity Hospital of RochesterRochester | 58 | $7,573 | $1,935 | $1,519 |
| Corning HospitalCorning | 56 | $4,754 | $2,018 | $1,593 |
| Nyack HospitalNyack | 53 | $14,963 | $1,965 | $1,564 |
| Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson | 50 | $6,600 | $2,018 | $1,598 |
| Phelps Memorial Hospital AssnSleepy Hollow | 46 | $20,912 | $2,174 | $1,728 |
| Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany | 44 | $8,119 | $2,010 | $1,591 |
| Westchester Medical CenterValhalla | 43 | $26,722 | $2,166 | $1,726 |
| Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta | 39 | $4,335 | $2,148 | $1,695 |
| Clifton Springs Hospital and ClinicClifton Springs | 37 | $7,123 | $2,047 | $1,623 |
| New York Hospital Medical Center of QueensNew York | 34 | $10,449 | $2,197 | $1,751 |
| St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown | 33 | $12,822 | $2,157 | $1,712 |
| Olean General HospitalOlean | 32 | $3,702 | $2,193 | $1,740 |
| Geneva General HospitalGeneva | 31 | $4,044 | $1,995 | $1,571 |
| UPMC Chautauqua at WcaJamestown | 30 | $5,880 | $2,047 | $1,627 |
| Beth Israel Medical CenterNew York | 29 | $10,377 | $2,175 | $1,733 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park | 28 | $17,802 | $2,175 | $1,733 |
| Lenox Hill HospitalNew York | 27 | $19,188 | $2,162 | $1,720 |
| St Anthony Community HospitalWarwick | 27 | $40,883 | $2,173 | $1,731 |
| Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo | 27 | $5,970 | $1,994 | $1,571 |
| United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia | 26 | $8,442 | $1,150 | $912 |
| John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson | 26 | $14,254 | $1,892 | $1,451 |
| Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue | 22 | $34,378 | $2,156 | $1,718 |
| Huntington HospitalHuntington | 21 | $13,088 | $2,124 | $1,685 |
| Mount Sinai WestNew York | 21 | $16,686 | $2,092 | $1,650 |
| Crouse HospitalSyracuse | 21 | $8,165 | $1,892 | $1,476 |
| Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor | 21 | $13,418 | $2,036 | $1,584 |
| Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island | 20 | $12,862 | $2,197 | $1,751 |
| University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse | 20 | $17,730 | $1,802 | $1,386 |
| Northern Westchester HospitalMt Kisco | 19 | $8,619 | $2,179 | $1,732 |
| St Joseph's Medical CenterYonkers | 18 | $6,647 | $2,197 | $1,751 |
| Chenango Memorial Hospital, INCNorwich | 18 | $12,934 | $2,192 | $1,747 |
| Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston | 18 | $10,991 | $1,996 | $1,554 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern | 17 | $45,834 | $2,197 | $1,747 |
| Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls | 15 | $7,132 | $2,047 | $1,624 |
| Southside HospitalBay Shore | 14 | $10,101 | $1,242 | $989 |
| St Peter's HospitalAlbany | 14 | $11,000 | $1,828 | $1,398 |
| Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis | 14 | $43,650 | $2,173 | $1,731 |
| New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, INC.Brooklyn | 13 | $13,331 | $2,197 | $1,751 |
| Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck | 13 | $6,417 | $2,173 | $1,731 |
| Adirondack Medical CenterSaranac Lake | 13 | $6,659 | $2,193 | $1,731 |
| F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua | 12 | $4,896 | $2,047 | $1,631 |
| St James Mercy HospitalHornell | 12 | $6,040 | $2,192 | $1,747 |
| St Francis Hospital, RoslynRoslyn | 12 | $19,744 | $2,176 | $1,733 |
| Wynn HospitalUtica | 11 | $12,324 | $2,047 | $1,631 |
| Buffalo General HospitalBuffalo | – | – | – | – |
| Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx | – | – | – | – |
| Jamaica Hospital Med CenterJamaica | – | – | – | – |
| Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie | – | – | – | – |
| Mount Sinai HospitalNew York | – | – | – | – |
| Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow | – | – | – | – |
| Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark | – | – | – | – |
| St Mary's Hospital at AmsterdamAmsterdam | – | – | – | – |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown CampusBrooklyn | – | – | – | – |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical CenterNiagara Falls | – | – | – | – |
| Sisters of Charity HospitalBuffalo | – | – | – | – |
| Jones Memorial HospitalWellsville | – | – | – | – |
| Kenmore Mercy HospitalBuffalo | – | – | – | – |
| Bertrand Chaffee HospitalSpringville | – | – | – | – |
| Rochester General HospitalRochester | – | – | – | – |
| Garnet Health Medical CenterGoshen | – | – | – | – |
| Jacobi Medical CenterBronx | – | – | – | – |
| Elmhurst Hospital CenterNew York | – | – | – | – |
| St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse | – | – | – | – |
| Ira Davenport Memorial HospitalBath | – | – | – | – |
| Ellis HospitalSchenectady | – | – | – | – |
| Mem Sloan-Kettering Cancer CtrNew York | – | – | – | – |
| Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown | – | – | – | – |
| Highland HospitalRochester | – | – | – | – |
| Cortland Regional Medical Center, INCCortland | – | – | – | – |
| Samaritan HospitalTroy | – | – | – | – |
| Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle | – | – | – | – |
| Mount St Mary's Hospital and Health CenterLewiston | – | – | – | – |
| Flushing Hospital Medical CenterNew York | – | – | – | – |
| Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn | – | – | – | – |
| South Nassau Communities HospitalOceanside | – | – | – | – |
| Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn | – | – | – | – |
| Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York | – | – | – | – |
| Claxton-Hepburn Medical CenterOgdensburg | – | – | – | – |
| Rome Memorial Hospital, INCRome | – | – | – | – |
| Oswego HospitalOswego | – | – | – | – |
| Brooks Memorial HospitalDunkirk | – | – | – | – |
| Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn | – | – | – | – |
| Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel | – | – | – | – |
| Mercy HospitalBuffalo | – | – | – | – |
| Plainview HospitalPlainview | – | – | – | – |
| St Joseph HospitalBethpage | – | – | – | – |
| University Hospital of Brooklyn ( Downstate )Brooklyn | – | – | – | – |
| Roswell Park Cancer InstituteBuffalo | – | – | – | – |
| Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris | – | – | – | – |
| St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway | – | – | – | – |
Lowest and highest allowed amounts in New York
Among hospitals with at least 11 Medicare services. Differences reflect local wage costs, teaching status and how sick patients were, as well as price.
Lowest
| United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia, NY | $1,150 |
|---|---|
| Southside HospitalBay Shore, NY | $1,242 |
| White Plains Hospital CtrWhite Plains, NY | $1,323 |
| Strong Memorial HospitalRochester, NY | $1,357 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, INCBinghamton, NY | $1,518 |
Highest
| Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern, NY | $2,197 |
|---|---|
| New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY | $2,197 |
| St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers, NY | $2,197 |
| St Joseph's Medical CenterYonkers, NY | $2,197 |
| New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, INC.Brooklyn, NY | $2,197 |
Level 1 Nerve Procedures in other states
Questions
How much does level 1 nerve procedures cost in New York?
In 2024 Medicare data, level 1 nerve procedures (APC 5431) at 115 hospitals in New York was billed at $13,440 on average, while the average medicare-allowed amount was $2,051, of which Medicare paid $1,627. Your own cost depends on your insurance, deductible and the hospital.
Why are hospital charges so much higher than payments?
Charges are a hospital's list prices. Medicare pays fixed rates set in advance, and private insurers negotiate their own discounts, so almost nobody pays the full charge. For this service in New York, average charges were 6.6 times the average payment. Uninsured patients can ask the hospital about its financial assistance (charity care) policy and cash prices.
Source: CMS, Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024. The allowed amount is Medicare's payment plus the patient's coinsurance. CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 services for privacy. About the data.