Appendectomy

11,847 admissions to New York hospitals in 2017.

Data derived from the 2017 New York State Department of Health SPARCS. These data reflect in-patient discharge data only.

Demographics

Gender and races as defined by the NYS DOH

45%

55%



Payors and Charges

$34,253

2017 Average Charges per Admission
Lowest: $321 ~ Highest: $584,550

Payor Avg. Charges Avg. Costs # Patients
Medicaid $32,567 $11,610 4,719
Private Health Insurance $35,518 $10,453 2,954
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $32,714 $10,106 2,271
Medicare $44,491 $14,376 1,047
Self-Pay $31,539 $10,838 506
Managed Care, Unspecified $28,967 $9,436 231
Federal/State/Local/VA $27,673 $10,874 103
Miscellaneous/Other $35,308 $11,560 25
Department of Corrections $29,591 $11,851 12
Unknown $35,295 $15,051 9
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Clinical Outcomes

2.48 Days

2017 Average Length of Stay

1.53 / 4

2017 Avg. Severity of Illness Score
Patient Disposition: Count
Home or Self Care 11,427
Home w/ Home Health Services 290
Skilled Nursing Home 55
Left Against Medical Advice 27
Short-term Hospital 20
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility 19
Court/Law Enforcement 14
Expired 6
Psychiatric Hospital or Unit of Hosp 5
Another Type Not Listed 4
Hospice - Home 3
Facility w/ Custodial/Supportive Care 2
Medicare Cert Long Term Care Hospital 2
Cancer Center or Children's Hospital 1
Hospice - Medical Facility 1
Medicaid Cert Nursing Facility 1

Correlation of Avg. Charges and Avg. Cost

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2017 Hospital # Discharges Avg. Charges Avg. Costs Avg. Severity Score Avg. LOS # Expired
Adirondack Medical Center-Saranac Lake Site 12 $19,117.33 $10,529.25 1.58 1.58 0
Albany Medical Center Hospital 311 $23,862.60 $7,915.75 1.41 2.35 0
Albany Memorial Hospital 22 $23,174.32 $10,881.00 1.68 4.59 0
Alice Hyde Medical Center 17 $18,500.24 $6,091.76 1.76 2.12 0
Arnot Ogden Medical Center 22 $31,010.82 $10,095.82 1.68 4.36 0
Auburn Community Hospital 13 $27,904.23 $8,497.00 2.38 3.54 0
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital 7 $14,887.29 $9,108.29 1.86 3.43 0
Bellevue Hospital Center 127 $17,058.39 $10,998.32 1.45 2.64 0
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital 3 $14,963.00 $8,358.67 2.00 3.33 0
Bon Secours Community Hospital 15 $78,960.93 $13,509.53 1.73 2.60 0
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division 242 $15,712.55 $15,374.22 1.42 3.10 0
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center 69 $19,952.45 $12,090.62 1.38 2.41 0
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center Inc 90 $50,376.49 $8,650.12 1.51 2.76 0
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus 47 $46,381.55 $10,356.89 1.62 3.00 0
Brooks Memorial Hospital 10 $21,648.00 $8,057.80 1.90 4.00 0
Buffalo General Medical Center 31 $27,387.19 $9,906.45 1.74 3.03 0
Canton-Potsdam Hospital 20 $16,364.60 $7,562.85 1.50 1.80 0
Carthage Area Hospital Inc 2 $23,198.00 $18,158.50 1.50 2.00 0
Catskill Regional Medical Center 17 $21,871.53 $6,034.53 1.76 2.00 0
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca 11 $17,845.09 $11,256.27 2.18 4.82 0
Chenango Memorial Hospital Inc 4 $86,057.00 $23,207.50 2.25 6.50 0
Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center 10 $21,391.90 $8,129.70 1.90 4.10 0
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic 1 $19,804.00 $7,140.00 2.00 2.00 0
Cohen Children's Medical Center 529 $34,323.05 $7,744.89 1.48 2.04 0
Columbia Memorial Hospital 31 $20,260.45 $6,841.77 1.32 2.81 0
Community Memorial Hospital Inc 16 $16,213.81 $8,123.44 1.50 1.94 0
Coney Island Hospital 45 $33,723.40 $16,553.84 1.69 2.84 0
Corning Hospital 19 $23,147.53 $7,131.21 1.68 2.42 0
Cortland Regional Medical Center Inc 21 $19,536.52 $8,096.19 2.00 2.43 0
Crouse Hospital 41 $18,211.90 $7,147.88 1.63 2.44 0
Degraff Memorial Hospital 4 $19,996.75 $6,879.25 1.75 2.25 0
Eastern Long Island Hospital 6 $25,659.33 $6,607.50 1.67 1.67 0
Eastern Niagara Hospital - Lockport Division 30 $15,116.17 $5,955.30 1.33 2.43 0
Ellis Hospital 105 $16,754.96 $4,867.59 1.44 2.13 0
Elmhurst Hospital Center 143 $28,013.94 $14,040.34 1.77 3.15 0
Erie County Medical Center 5 $12,455.80 $6,056.00 1.20 1.40 0
F F Thompson Hospital 9 $19,171.33 $7,229.00 2.00 2.89 0
Faxton-St Lukes Healthcare St Lukes Division 82 $22,961.38 $7,419.09 1.28 2.22 0
Flushing Hospital Medical Center 152 $17,997.33 $9,342.20 1.28 2.85 0
Geneva General Hospital 13 $24,813.54 $10,535.15 1.85 4.69 0
Glen Cove Hospital 47 $35,823.11 $9,769.96 1.30 1.96 0
Glens Falls Hospital 82 $24,529.13 $8,128.54 1.38 2.15 0
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center 204 $46,814.66 $11,743.37 1.53 2.90 0
Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern 38 $109,848.08 $22,227.95 1.89 4.66 0
Harlem Hospital Center 69 $25,520.10 $19,844.33 1.48 3.93 0
HealthAlliance Hospital Broadway Campus 23 $28,534.22 $9,160.83 1.52 1.83 0
Highland Hospital 31 $28,547.00 $8,631.71 1.68 4.52 0
Huntington Hospital 157 $31,027.45 $8,945.41 1.61 2.10 0
Interfaith Medical Center 29 $24,453.14 $13,349.72 1.55 3.31 0
Jacobi Medical Center 130 $20,818.38 $12,292.91 1.42 2.51 0
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center 187 $19,336.65 $7,956.76 1.18 2.25 0
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port Jefferson New York Inc 67 $46,245.00 $10,871.76 1.39 2.73 0
Kenmore Mercy Hospital 54 $15,194.37 $6,273.83 1.43 2.22 0
Kings County Hospital Center 105 $28,848.02 $17,339.87 1.46 3.15 0
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center 32 $46,552.13 $12,185.84 1.28 2.59 0
Lenox Hill Hospital 292 $40,037.12 $9,035.99 1.40 1.73 0
Lewis County General Hospital 7 $30,382.71 $22,183.29 1.43 2.43 0
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center 145 $19,225.00 $9,989.96 1.26 2.37 0
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills 176 $35,266.72 $7,428.66 1.47 1.66 0
Long Island Jewish Medical Center 275 $38,436.60 $7,338.09 1.54 1.77 0
Long Island Jewish Valley Stream 83 $42,569.11 $8,443.34 1.86 1.89 0
Maimonides Medical Center 157 $35,104.62 $11,905.25 1.61 3.29 0
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital 35 $27,496.66 $12,804.43 2.03 3.89 1
Massena Memorial Hospital 18 $17,097.17 $7,028.72 1.44 2.17 0
Medina Memorial Hospital 2 $11,489.50 $6,457.50 2.50 5.50 0
Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp 10 $22,591.50 $8,753.60 1.50 2.80 0
Memorial Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital 23 $55,440.96 $25,226.22 2.09 3.48 0
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 99 $16,718.52 $8,210.31 1.86 3.04 1
Mercy Medical Center 22 $55,776.18 $12,564.32 1.50 3.27 0
Metropolitan Hospital Center 73 $20,578.30 $13,677.01 1.29 2.60 0
Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center 10 $50,553.40 $10,302.40 1.80 1.30 0
Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital 36 $27,325.17 $9,877.75 1.78 2.89 0
Montefiore Med Center - Jack D Weiler Hosp of A Einstein College Div 121 $50,291.00 $9,657.99 1.69 2.10 0
Montefiore Medical Center - Henry & Lucy Moses Div 342 $51,000.11 $10,795.50 1.64 2.54 0
Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital 52 $49,906.31 $9,649.00 1.56 2.02 0
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital 12 $41,309.83 $14,586.33 1.50 2.83 0
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital 50 $28,872.62 $10,567.88 1.32 1.74 0
Mount Sinai Beth Israel 46 $46,712.61 $13,838.09 1.54 2.93 0
Mount Sinai Brooklyn 41 $40,833.22 $9,444.73 1.29 2.22 0
Mount Sinai Hospital 175 $34,144.40 $15,352.39 1.59 2.18 0
Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens 142 $24,073.53 $9,039.77 1.55 2.25 0
Mount Sinai St. Luke's 61 $37,125.44 $14,058.54 1.39 1.77 0
Mount Sinai West 98 $35,912.52 $13,554.26 1.36 1.63 0
Mount St Marys Hospital and Health Center 18 $14,026.72 $7,931.17 1.67 2.72 0
Nassau University Medical Center 108 $21,234.41 $12,141.95 1.33 2.19 0
Nathan Littauer Hospital 20 $21,314.55 $6,434.35 1.45 2.80 0
New York - Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital 151 $31,426.15 $13,651.70 1.55 2.58 0
New York - Presbyterian/Queens 267 $27,882.70 $11,240.27 1.44 2.02 0
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc 41 $16,484.83 $12,336.20 1.54 3.20 0
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Allen Hospital 84 $42,904.76 $12,618.82 1.29 2.30 0
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center 218 $48,662.53 $14,225.93 1.54 3.13 0
New York Presbyterian Hospital - New York Weill Cornell Center 144 $54,052.21 $16,362.37 1.63 2.80 0
New York-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital 45 $41,411.40 $11,294.58 1.56 2.27 0
New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital 36 $48,353.28 $12,871.72 1.42 2.28 0
Newark-Wayne Community Hospital 16 $21,852.00 $5,814.56 1.75 2.38 0
NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital 55 $42,055.85 $14,429.18 1.71 3.02 0
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center 20 $16,984.50 $8,887.15 1.70 2.70 0
Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital 7 $20,159.43 $7,178.14 1.57 2.71 0
North Central Bronx Hospital 43 $17,213.44 $9,948.56 1.44 2.00 0
North Shore University Hospital 270 $40,634.93 $9,194.87 1.40 1.41 0
Northern Dutchess Hospital 19 $29,481.21 $8,928.16 1.63 2.79 0
Northern Westchester Hospital 19 $36,051.89 $21,418.37 1.84 3.21 0
Nyack Hospital 61 $43,494.26 $8,970.93 1.59 2.85 0
NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn 121 $77,781.88 $28,197.84 1.60 2.32 0
NYU Langone Hospitals 175 $76,581.64 $20,416.43 1.65 2.83 0
NYU Winthrop Hospital 130 $67,285.12 $17,691.35 1.53 2.78 0
Olean General Hospital 14 $15,654.64 $6,679.50 1.79 2.64 0
Oneida Healthcare 12 $26,452.50 $9,287.33 1.75 3.33 0
Orange Regional Medical Center 74 $35,114.50 $11,918.27 1.70 3.35 0
Oswego Hospital 6 $19,141.50 $8,547.67 1.83 2.50 0
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital Inc 7 $27,397.71 $8,236.14 2.14 2.14 0
Peconic Bay Medical Center 71 $39,950.04 $11,684.32 1.44 2.35 0
Phelps Memorial Hospital Assn 60 $48,801.40 $15,062.13 1.75 2.45 0
Plainview Hospital 112 $34,767.75 $9,993.27 1.68 2.10 0
Putnam Hospital Center 32 $35,582.03 $9,747.06 1.72 3.06 0
Queens Hospital Center 88 $23,484.48 $12,781.99 1.33 2.50 0
Richmond University Medical Center 31 $41,480.16 $14,402.55 1.94 4.03 0
Rochester General Hospital 122 $28,384.02 $9,426.64 1.75 3.24 0
Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc 6 $34,998.17 $8,921.50 2.00 4.00 0
Roswell Park Cancer Institute 3 $63,381.33 $25,850.00 2.00 7.00 0
Samaritan Hospital 19 $21,793.00 $8,549.00 1.84 3.95 1
Samaritan Medical Center 26 $20,870.42 $10,494.73 1.85 3.35 0
Saratoga Hospital 58 $34,254.81 $8,752.84 1.67 2.52 1
SBH Health System 70 $27,976.54 $8,607.17 1.50 1.77 0
Sisters of Charity Hospital 10 $16,986.00 $7,665.10 1.60 2.70 0
Sisters of Charity Hospital - St Joseph Campus 30 $18,841.80 $8,068.77 1.53 3.00 0
SJRH - Dobbs Ferry Pavillion 4 $24,987.75 $10,165.25 2.00 1.75 0
SJRH - St Johns Division 55 $24,754.00 $10,053.76 1.56 2.04 0
South Nassau Communities Hospital 80 $61,094.80 $13,039.43 1.75 3.90 0
Southside Hospital 220 $37,216.48 $10,994.07 1.50 2.03 0
St Anthony Community Hospital 18 $79,893.11 $13,808.78 1.61 2.33 0
St Catherine of Siena Hospital 39 $54,177.05 $12,816.54 1.46 3.82 0
St Charles Hospital 41 $50,361.39 $10,692.61 1.54 2.37 0
St Elizabeth Medical Center 47 $24,510.51 $8,491.36 1.36 2.17 0
St Francis Hospital 25 $42,781.76 $9,413.20 1.80 2.56 0
St James Mercy Hospital 8 $19,928.13 $7,121.38 1.63 4.25 0
St Johns Episcopal Hospital So Shore 23 $35,235.17 $8,946.39 1.70 2.26 1
St Joseph's Medical Center 25 $10,268.16 $5,639.64 1.32 2.28 0
St Josephs Hospital Health Center 47 $22,957.81 $9,255.74 1.81 3.34 0
St Luke's Cornwall Hospital/Newburgh 41 $29,157.93 $8,761.98 1.56 2.63 0
St Peters Hospital 45 $22,213.29 $6,880.44 1.64 2.44 0
St. Joseph Hospital 29 $58,496.34 $16,463.59 1.79 3.69 0
St. Mary's Healthcare 18 $16,592.56 $5,126.22 1.39 1.78 0
Staten Island University Hosp-North 250 $28,259.83 $10,770.09 1.35 1.76 0
Staten Island University Hosp-South 51 $27,041.22 $6,688.00 1.33 1.55 0
Strong Memorial Hospital 353 $18,984.21 $10,345.36 1.43 2.56 1
Syosset Hospital 34 $36,056.68 $7,944.26 1.56 1.32 0
The Unity Hospital of Rochester 42 $20,370.64 $13,146.26 1.88 3.14 0
The University of Vermont Health Network - Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital 21 $42,498.67 $17,547.10 1.86 4.81 0
United Health Services Hospitals Inc. - Wilson Medical Center 21 $30,527.81 $15,493.90 2.05 3.95 0
United Memorial Medical Center North Street Campus 22 $16,010.27 $5,459.55 1.82 2.32 0
University Hospital 138 $36,709.31 $12,799.44 1.62 3.04 0
University Hospital - Stony Brook Southampton Hospital 51 $40,433.02 $15,536.41 1.39 2.39 0
University Hospital of Brooklyn 30 $32,703.60 $23,862.33 1.50 2.80 0
University Hospital SUNY Health Science Center 213 $30,316.11 $10,896.68 1.55 2.58 0
UPMC Chautauqua at WCA 8 $14,229.00 $6,905.00 2.00 3.63 0
UPSTATE University Hospital at Community General 34 $28,576.26 $10,796.38 1.68 2.12 0
Vassar Brothers Medical Center 57 $32,216.25 $9,562.07 1.82 2.44 0
Westchester Medical Center 114 $77,236.30 $16,676.97 1.94 3.61 0
White Plains Hospital Center 160 $38,971.11 $10,822.15 1.38 1.91 0
Women And Children's Hospital Of Buffalo 87 $26,216.38 $11,157.53 1.80 2.82 0
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center 57 $20,445.37 $13,565.35 1.42 2.47 0
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center 202 $21,282.06 $10,924.88 1.36 1.91 0
Wyoming County Community Hospital 6 $16,963.17 $15,883.17 1.67 3.33 0
2017 Payor Count Avg. Charges Range Avg. Severity Score Avg. LOS # Expired
Medicaid 4,719 $32,566.54 $1,414.0 - $584,550.0 1.48 2.54 1
Private Health Insurance 2,954 $35,517.83 $2,247.0 - $315,224.0 1.49 2.17 0
Blue Cross/Blue Shield 2,271 $32,713.53 $3,338.0 - $225,969.0 1.49 2.16 1
Medicare 1,047 $44,491.42 $321.0 - $348,866.0 1.95 4.02 4
Self-Pay 506 $31,538.68 $2,679.0 - $143,835.0 1.45 2.18 0
Managed Care, Unspecified 231 $28,966.86 $7,159.0 - $149,027.0 1.47 2.26 0
Federal/State/Local/VA 103 $27,672.92 $6,236.0 - $110,212.0 1.47 2.31 0
Miscellaneous/Other 25 $35,307.72 $11,050.0 - $71,931.0 1.44 2.04 0
Department of Corrections 12 $29,591.00 $15,142.0 - $46,021.0 1.58 3.75 0
Unknown 9 $35,294.67 $11,466.0 - $101,436.0 1.56 3.67 0