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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 18.8× price range across 122 Colorado hospitals. Open in the explorer → — filter by insurer or region, map it, or compare hospitals side by side.

How to read “% of Medicare” Medicare’s payment is a hospital-specific benchmark built from CMS files — adjusted for local wages and case complexity, and roughly pegged to the cost of care. A commercial rate at 300% means a private plan pays about triple that benchmark for the same care at the same hospital. The gap is negotiation, not quality. Full methodology →
Median commercial negotiated rate Medicare benchmark
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$125
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$142
$151
$156
$165
$173
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$285
$310
$330
$505

The part you don’t feel

Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern $1,353vsHelen Hayes Hospital $72 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern
Helen Hayes Hospital
$1,281you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern
Helen Hayes Hospital
$256$1,025 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern
Helen Hayes Hospital
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $1,281 in every row. The only thing that changes is how much of it reaches the person choosing. Nobody hid the price — the deductible structure hides the difference, and a difference nobody feels is a difference nobody shops. Illustration uses a 20% coinsurance plan with no separate facility or professional bill; your own plan governs.

Detail (click headers to sort, or “why” for cost vs price)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
Suny/Downstate University Hospital Of Brooklyn⚠ data flag$31$13024%~$6515
Sunnyview Hospital And Rehabilitation Center⚠ data flag$36$13028%~$43291
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital⚠ data flag$39$13030%~$6932
Bronxcare Hospital Center⚠ data flag$43$13033%~$13841
Ny Eye And Ear Infirmary Of Mount Sinai⚠ data flag$47$13036%—7
United Memorial Medical Center⚠ data flag$50$13039%—3
Montefiore Medical Center⚠ data flag$52$13040%~$4564
Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic⚠ data flag$54$13041%—2
St James Hospital⚠ data flag$58$13044%—17
Nassau University Medical Center⚠ data flag$60$13046%~$24912
Rochester General Hospital⚠ data flag$60$13046%—1
Phelps Hospital⚠ data flag ● actual$62$13047%~$2914
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital⚠ data flag$65$13049%~$24950
F F Thompson Hospital⚠ data flag$67$13051%—16
Newark-Wayne Community Hospital⚠ data flag$70$13054%—2
Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital⚠ data flag$71$13054%—17
Helen Hayes Hospital$72$10767%—13
Unity Hospital⚠ data flag$75$13058%—1
Erie County Medical Center⚠ data flag$77$13059%—27
Brooks-Tlc Hospital System$87$13067%—7
Cuba Memorial Hospital$90$10784%—3
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center ● actual$91$13069%~$14710
Richmond University Medical Center$94$13072%~$34615
Vassar Brothers Medical Center$99$13076%—4
Columbia Memorial Hospital$99$13076%~$10120
Northern Dutchess Hospital$100$13076%—4
Crouse Hospital ● actual$100$13077%—15
Strong Memorial Hospital$108$13083%—34
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center$112$13086%~$11763
Jacobi Medical Center$112$13086%~$15663
Elmhurst Hospital Center$112$13086%~$10263
South Brooklyn Health$112$13086%~$9962
Metropolitan Hospital Center$112$13086%~$13363
Kings County Hospital Center$112$13086%~$12763
Bellevue Hospital Center$112$13086%~$14363
Queens Hospital Center$112$13086%~$16363
Harlem Hospital Center$112$13086%~$10862
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center$112$13086%~$18663
New York Community Hospital Of Brooklyn.$114$13088%—17
Auburn Community Hospital$115$13088%~$25825
Albany Medical Center Hospital$116$13089%~$15819
Jones Memorial Hospital$122$13094%—20
Rome Memorial Hospital ● actual$123$13094%~$38212
Ns/Lij Hs Southside Hospital$125$13096%—38
Plainview Hospital$125$13096%—38
St Francis Hospital - The Heart Center$126$13096%~$13397
St Charles Hospital$126$13096%~$158111
Mercy Medical Center$126$13096%~$146112
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center$126$13096%~$13098
Chsli St Joseph Hospital$126$13096%~$16196
St Catherine Of Siena Hospital$126$13096%~$146112
Mount Sinai West$126$13097%—9
Olean General Hospital$127$13097%—19
St Anthony Community Hospital$129$13099%~$5812
Mount Sinai Hospital$129$13099%—10
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center$130$130100%~$10416
Kaleida Health$130$130100%—21
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center$130$130100%~$14631
Peconic Bay Medical Center$132$130101%—38
Mount Sinai South Nassau$132$130101%—4
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center ● actual$134$130102%~$14324
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital$135$130103%~$52215
Bassett Healthcare$135$130103%~$44513
Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills$135$130104%—9
St John'S Riverside Hospital$136$130104%~$20115
St Barnabas Hospital$137$130105%~$1199
Staten Island University Hospital$138$130105%—38
St Joseph'S Medical Center$139$130106%~$9413
Northern Westchester Hospital$139$130106%—38
John T Mather Memorial Hospital Of Port Jefferson$139$130106%—38
Wynn Hospital$142$130109%~$28137
Flushing Hospital Medical Center$143$130109%~$21523
Ellenville Regional Hospital$144$107135%—10
Putnam Hospital Center$146$130112%—4
Saratoga Hospital$151$130116%~$21520
Lenox Hill Hospital$153$130117%—38
St John'S Episcopal Hospital At South Shore$154$130118%~$16811
Wyoming County ● actual$156$107146%—2
Chenango Memorial Hospital$157$130120%—7
North Shore University Hospital$157$130120%—38
Ns/Lij Hs Huntington Hospital$159$130122%—38
Northwell Hospital Glen Cove$161$130124%—38
Nyack Hospital$165$130127%~$19230
Soldiers And Sailors Memorial Hospital Of Yates$166$107156%—5
Nathan Littauer Hospital ● actual$166$130127%~$51524
White Plains Hospital Center$168$130129%~$26830
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital$169$130129%~$2815
Long Island Jewish Medical Center$169$130130%—38
Sisters Of Charity Hospital$172$130131%~$119136
Kenmore Mercy Hospital ● actual$172$130131%~$124136
Mount St. Mary'S Hospital & Health Center$172$130131%~$128136
Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo$172$130131%~$135136
Maimonides Medical Center$172$130132%—14
St Peter'S Hospital ● actual$173$130132%~$241118
Samaritan Hospital Of Troy, New York$173$130132%~$311119
Montefiore St Luke'S Cornwall$174$130134%~$20642
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital$180$130138%~$42841
Highland Hospital$181$130139%—17
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus$182$130139%~$1652
Garnet Health Medical Center$189$130144%—12
Westchester Medical Center$195$130149%~$23727
Long Island Community Hospital$196$130150%~$84277
Delaware Valley Hospital$208$107194%—4
Nyu Langone Hospitals$224$130171%~$77270
Community Memorial Hospital$230$107215%—2
New York-Presbyterian/Queens$244$130187%~$19025
Glens Falls Hospital$246$130188%~$16119
Oneida Health Hospital ● actual$251$130192%~$27418
Hudson Valley Hospital Center$255$130195%~$59724
Ellis Hospital$285$130218%~$10312
St Joseph'S Hospital Health Center$285$130218%~$16895
Medina Memorial Hospital$285$107267%—7
Geneva General Hospital$288$130221%~$1845
Upmc Chautauqua At Wca$300$130230%~$18015
Oswego Hospital ● actual$310$130238%~$2455
River Hospital Clinics$330$107309%—25
O'Connor Hospital$330$107309%—13
United Health Services Hospitals$338$130259%—9
Hospital For Special Surgery ● actual$348$130267%~$28991
Cobleskill Regional Hospital$353$107331%—17
Carthage Area Hospital$363$107340%—3
Lewis County General Hospital$382$107357%—8
Little Falls Hospital$389$107364%—14
Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake ● actual$408$130312%~$2386
Margaretville Memorial Hospital$413$107386%—18
Schuyler Hospital$416$107389%—4
New York-Presbyterian Hospital$438$130336%~$19428
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus$457$130350%~$10223
Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca$480$130368%~$3127
The University Of Vermont Health Network-Alice Hy$489$107458%—11
Arnot Ogden Medical Center$494$130379%~$31611
Corning Hospital$505$130387%~$23722
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center$518$130397%~$29312
Samaritan Medical Center$541$130415%~$2578
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center$563$130431%~$27721
Our Lady Of Lourdes Memorial Hospital$570$130437%~$37016
The University Of Vermont Health Network - Champl$716$130549%~$37619
Elizabethtown Community Hospital$847$107793%—18
Bon Secours Community Hospital$1,353$1301037%~$33620
Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern$1,353$1301037%~$30120

*Cost estimates use hospital-level cost-to-charge ratios from federal cost reports and are approximate; ~ marks categories (imaging, labs) where they are least precise. "Plan rows" is how many distinct plan rates the hospital published; medians over more rows are sturdier.
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