CostGrade
C

49/100

#1,291 nationally

Nassau University Medical Center

2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 11554 · (516) 572-0123

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Nassau University Medical Center billed $3.67 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
3.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
57
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NY
#79
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
1/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 20.0/35

Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 22.1/25

Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 6.1/30

Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.0/10

Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

153 $116,396 $31,248 +78%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

97 $56,222 $14,164 +89%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

71 $68,186 $18,832 +123%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major

MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay

70 $36,281 $13,976 +11%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

64 $93,384 $27,331 +87%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

51 $7,894 $2,626 -33%
Fainting

MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay

48 $41,898 $14,647 +14%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

48 $17,824 $3,037 -8%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

42 $86,174 $19,325 +120%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

37 $69,058 $24,374 +91%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$158,684 $26,030 +232%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$152,703 $30,104 +222%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$112,945 $23,303 +177%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$68,186 $18,832 +123%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$86,174 $19,325 +120%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$90,371 $20,236 +108%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay

$80,850 $19,156 +108%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$112,476 $24,631 +104%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,604 $8,061 -58%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,607 $3,647 -38%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,894 $2,626 -33%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,092 $1,827 -30%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,824 $3,592 -22%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$211,282 $81,658 -21%
Hypertension without Major Complications

MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay

$29,992 $12,294 -10%
Chest Pain

MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay

$30,366 $11,870 -10%

What this page cannot tell you

  • It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
  • A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
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