DORSAL AND LUMBAR FUSION PROCEDURE EXCEPT FOR CURVATURE OF BACK

11,979 admissions to New York hospitals in 2021.

Data derived from the 2021 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

50%

50%



Payors and Charges

$181,207

2021 Average Charges per Admission
Lowest: $125 ~ Highest: $4,129,160

Payor Avg. Charges Avg. Costs # Patients
Medicare $189,035 $53,831 4,625
Miscellaneous/Other $175,983 $45,930 2,163
Private Health Insurance $184,259 $52,941 1,804
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $172,562 $47,426 1,741
Medicaid $179,502 $53,319 1,361
Federal/State/Local/VA $116,344 $42,944 111
Managed Care, Unspecified $121,617 $41,163 102
Self-Pay $155,737 $56,967 66
Department of Corrections $279,139 $55,556 14
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Clinical Outcomes

5.09 Days

2021 Average Length of Stay

1.70 / 4

2021 Avg. Severity of Illness Score
Patient Disposition: Count
Home or Self Care 6,333
Home w/ Home Health Services 3,561
Skilled Nursing Home 1,144
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility 761
Expired 53
Left Against Medical Advice 40
Short-term Hospital 38
Hosp Basd Medicare Approved Swing Bed 14
Court/Law Enforcement 11
Another Type Not Listed 7
Hospice - Home 7
Psychiatric Hospital or Unit of Hosp 5
Hospice - Medical Facility 4
Cancer Center or Children's Hospital 4
Facility w/ Custodial/Supportive Care 2
Federal Health Care Facility 1
Medicare Cert Long Term Care Hospital 1
Medicaid Cert Nursing Facility 1

Correlation of Avg. Charges and Avg. Cost

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* only those hospitals with counts > 25 included
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2021 Hospital # Discharges Avg. Charges Avg. Costs Avg. Severity Score Avg. LOS # Expired
Albany Medical Center Hospital 200 $79,139.73 $32,568.21 1.79 5.93 2
Arnot Ogden Medical Center 69 $76,488.49 $26,103.26 1.38 3.32 1
Auburn Community Hospital 1 $40,956.00 $14,694.00 1.00 1.00 0
Bellevue Hospital Center 16 $232,683.25 $133,812.31 2.38 17.44 0
BronxCare Hospital Center 26 $55,213.23 $71,660.92 1.46 6.42 0
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center 7 $134,630.29 $86,489.29 2.57 12.86 0
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus 34 $122,051.06 $35,436.97 1.38 5.59 0
Buffalo General Medical Center 388 $107,869.37 $38,349.31 1.49 3.40 2
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca 18 $79,438.39 $41,329.44 1.50 3.56 0
Chenango Memorial Hospital Inc 7 $157,662.71 $60,957.29 2.00 3.00 0
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic 1 $60,704.00 $28,110.00 1.00 2.00 0
Cohen Children's Medical Center 6 $172,060.33 $38,223.00 2.17 7.17 0
Community Memorial Hospital Inc 25 $60,625.28 $33,081.64 1.24 3.12 0
Coney Island Hospital 25 $193,558.00 $88,452.04 1.96 14.08 1
Crouse Hospital 180 $59,157.13 $30,549.96 1.53 3.85 0
Ellis Hospital 2 $89,939.00 $22,863.50 1.00 1.50 0
Elmhurst Hospital Center 20 $180,941.45 $84,100.75 2.35 9.90 2
Erie County Medical Center 163 $66,316.74 $35,832.25 1.98 6.45 4
F.F. Thompson Hospital 15 $46,902.00 $24,179.73 1.40 2.80 0
Faxton-St Lukes Healthcare St Lukes Division 25 $70,572.96 $31,286.04 1.36 2.96 0
Garnet Health Medical Center 5 $103,271.20 $35,845.80 1.80 4.80 0
Geneva General Hospital 71 $75,914.80 $45,065.45 1.83 5.03 1
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center 199 $221,511.41 $41,887.36 1.53 6.07 1
Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern 5 $185,562.00 $36,241.20 1.20 3.20 0
Harlem Hospital Center 4 $170,458.00 $130,779.00 2.75 12.75 1
HealthAlliance Hospital Broadway Campus 1 $71,522.00 $35,289.00 2.00 1.00 0
Highland Hospital 160 $76,317.75 $32,357.51 1.50 3.65 2
Hospital for Special Surgery 1,093 $168,216.69 $64,826.08 1.63 3.90 0
Huntington Hospital 175 $142,127.71 $41,289.73 1.81 5.10 0
Jacobi Medical Center 4 $252,137.00 $149,652.75 3.25 20.50 0
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center 20 $154,621.80 $68,823.20 2.45 9.80 0
John R. Oishei Children's Hospital 3 $109,018.33 $41,622.00 2.33 4.67 0
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port Jefferson New York Inc 106 $159,453.18 $41,404.67 1.70 5.25 0
Kenmore Mercy Hospital 187 $55,288.87 $31,310.02 1.43 3.02 1
Kings County Hospital Center 4 $145,177.25 $104,798.25 2.25 8.25 0
Lenox Hill Hospital 549 $188,071.83 $38,952.02 1.69 5.03 1
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center 16 $219,635.94 $140,374.88 2.06 17.25 0
Long Island Community Hospital 1 $157,266.00 $23,889.00 1.00 3.00 0
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills 6 $152,839.17 $34,646.67 1.50 4.00 0
Long Island Jewish Medical Center 162 $188,885.01 $40,605.16 1.96 8.92 2
Long Island Jewish Valley Stream 99 $169,186.41 $39,529.23 1.61 5.59 0
Maimonides Medical Center 158 $147,998.35 $44,656.39 1.50 5.06 1
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital 71 $84,353.00 $39,490.31 1.79 5.65 0
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases 139 $233,222.12 $86,234.98 2.91 10.96 4
Mercy Hospital 198 $175,872.83 $36,908.06 1.20 3.91 0
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 250 $61,599.63 $34,427.84 1.73 4.92 0
Mid-Hudson Valley Division of Westchester Medical Center 16 $363,880.75 $64,931.56 2.13 8.13 1
Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital 57 $116,847.40 $40,234.70 1.65 4.46 0
Montefiore Medical Center - Henry & Lucy Moses Div 151 $334,063.35 $82,639.93 2.13 8.43 0
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital 30 $120,945.73 $50,586.50 1.50 6.47 0
Montefiore Nyack 1 $307,599.00 $74,309.00 1.00 20.00 0
Mount Sinai Hospital 456 $170,176.26 $54,432.61 2.01 5.97 7
Mount Sinai Morningside 24 $234,982.38 $58,792.63 2.08 9.58 1
Mount Sinai South Nassau 81 $239,382.58 $41,159.73 1.65 6.12 0
Mount Sinai West 171 $144,755.03 $38,622.61 1.74 3.82 1
Nassau University Medical Center 147 $73,178.73 $53,092.73 1.10 2.48 0
Nathan Littauer Hospital 22 $79,952.27 $24,868.59 1.36 2.23 0
New York - Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital 64 $92,652.78 $36,759.25 1.64 5.88 0
New York - Presbyterian Hospital 37 $243,872.11 $81,419.86 1.97 9.24 0
New York - Presbyterian/Queens 46 $124,674.54 $48,759.02 1.80 6.00 1
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Allen Hospital 290 $258,929.50 $96,389.29 1.93 5.21 1
New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center 40 $399,975.05 $140,343.10 2.48 13.48 1
New York-Presbyterian Hospital - New York Weill Cornell Center 181 $219,600.41 $87,240.54 1.66 5.16 1
New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital 253 $170,855.93 $67,612.52 1.28 3.94 0
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center 23 $40,747.39 $23,160.57 1.17 1.96 0
North Shore University Hospital 380 $216,580.73 $45,097.40 2.06 6.55 0
Northern Dutchess Hospital 48 $129,033.50 $72,076.08 1.25 4.29 0
Northern Westchester Hospital 118 $84,587.58 $28,323.96 1.41 2.15 0
NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn 119 $310,745.91 $49,079.01 1.43 2.17 0
NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island 164 $535,260.85 $92,241.73 2.24 6.00 0
NYU Langone Hospitals 864 $461,469.67 $78,163.06 1.81 4.67 0
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital 130 $94,332.01 $37,572.46 1.70 3.50 0
Peconic Bay Medical Center 29 $109,550.86 $52,337.24 1.52 2.86 0
Phelps Hospital 61 $164,656.25 $45,529.77 1.49 4.44 0
Plainview Hospital 32 $165,077.59 $55,986.19 1.81 5.47 0
Putnam Hospital 9 $118,011.67 $53,885.67 2.22 5.11 0
Richmond University Medical Center 13 $93,526.77 $36,255.08 1.46 5.85 0
Rochester General Hospital 168 $90,854.89 $28,806.76 1.61 6.49 0
Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc 83 $47,330.54 $18,973.43 1.17 1.92 0
Samaritan Hospital 15 $38,177.87 $13,065.53 1.07 2.13 0
Saratoga Hospital 94 $82,861.00 $24,268.79 1.13 3.23 0
SBH Health System 10 $201,095.90 $64,882.70 2.00 14.50 0
Sisters of Charity Hospital 65 $49,246.48 $27,403.54 1.66 5.02 1
SJRH - Dobbs Ferry Pavillion 1 $83,283.00 $34,656.00 2.00 5.00 0
SJRH - St Johns Division 48 $123,242.65 $51,721.73 1.63 7.21 0
South Shore University Hospital 100 $165,860.09 $44,186.09 1.82 5.67 1
St Catherine of Siena Hospital 134 $206,389.80 $40,600.76 1.50 4.66 0
St Elizabeth Medical Center 5 $134,771.60 $29,331.80 3.00 8.60 0
St Luke's Cornwall Hospital/Newburgh 30 $140,836.43 $50,166.17 1.43 4.47 0
St. Charles Hospital 24 $138,100.13 $28,265.54 1.29 3.25 0
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center 309 $310,267.95 $56,950.04 1.81 7.08 2
St. Joseph Hospital 22 $168,470.14 $43,589.18 1.59 5.00 0
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center 290 $80,572.08 $25,325.19 1.37 2.63 0
St. Mary's Healthcare 35 $41,662.69 $17,906.14 1.54 2.49 0
St. Peter's Hospital 45 $73,958.49 $26,484.16 1.22 2.47 0
Staten Island University Hosp-North 71 $136,666.86 $48,542.48 1.63 5.46 0
Stony Brook University Hospital 139 $154,298.90 $58,509.81 1.99 6.77 1
Strong Memorial Hospital 206 $102,095.79 $48,396.37 2.03 8.24 3
Syosset Hospital 33 $96,728.73 $20,681.76 1.27 2.21 0
The Unity Hospital of Rochester 204 $63,236.12 $28,138.93 1.36 3.34 0
United Health Services Hospitals Inc. - Binghamton General Hospital 5 $61,865.40 $28,983.60 1.60 2.40 0
United Health Services Hospitals Inc. - Wilson Medical Center 103 $84,284.61 $37,332.50 2.03 7.11 2
University Hospital of Brooklyn 14 $153,786.50 $93,846.07 1.29 5.14 0
University Hospital SUNY Health Science Center 265 $154,168.55 $43,658.31 1.96 4.89 1
UPSTATE University Hospital at Community General 18 $100,685.61 $28,141.17 1.94 3.61 0
Vassar Brothers Medical Center 169 $101,576.71 $46,407.18 1.60 5.20 0
Westchester Medical Center 116 $376,232.72 $66,386.58 1.78 7.27 2
White Plains Hospital Center 176 $148,587.74 $42,251.72 1.55 3.97 0
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center 11 $202,087.55 $77,058.45 1.36 6.64 0
2021 Payor Count Avg. Charges Range Avg. Severity Score Avg. LOS # Expired
Medicare 4,625 $189,035.23 $125.0 - $4,129,158.0 1.87 5.82 33
Miscellaneous/Other 2,163 $175,982.53 $12,406.0 - $1,800,931.0 1.45 4.07 2
Private Health Insurance 1,804 $184,258.58 $18,505.0 - $3,161,006.0 1.66 4.42 9
Blue Cross/Blue Shield 1,741 $172,561.78 $13,560.0 - $1,996,203.0 1.64 4.39 2
Medicaid 1,361 $179,502.09 $12,226.0 - $1,565,794.0 1.67 5.89 4
Federal/State/Local/VA 111 $116,344.12 $17,733.0 - $353,704.0 1.77 5.12 0
Managed Care, Unspecified 102 $121,616.92 $32,906.0 - $1,386,663.0 1.63 5.39 1
Self-Pay 66 $155,736.70 $35,757.0 - $1,393,864.0 1.58 6.71 2
Department of Corrections 14 $279,138.57 $25,339.0 - $538,322.0 1.43 7.14 0