Kingston Area Hospital Prices
Cash and insurance-negotiated prices at hospitals in and around Kingston, NY. Part of all New York hospital prices.
Pillar 1 · The BaseRate™ CompositeHow 1.00× Fair BaseRate Works: Raw price averages unfairly penalize hospitals in high-wage cities or trauma centers treating sicker patients. We adjust for local CMS hospital wage levels and patient complexity first. A 1.00× score means right at the fair price average, 0.85× means 15% cheaper than fair market, and 1.30× means 30% above fair market.Above Fair Market · Negotiate
1.36×vs. Fair Market Price
Position vs. 1.00× Fair Price+36% Above Fair Price
1.00× (center of the bar) is the U.S. fair price average after accounting for local hospital wages and patient complexity. Left of center (<1.00×) is below fair price; right of center (>1.00×) is above fair price.
Typical commercial prices here are +36% above the fair benchmark (1.36×) even after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Pillar 2 · VeriRate™ Data TrustHow VeriRate™ (0–100) Works: Hospitals are legally required to publish machine-readable price files, but some bury fake $0.01 numbers or omit cash discounts. VeriRate audits each file across 5 checks (hover any badge below to see what it tests).86/100 · Verified
86/100Hover Any Check Below to See How Prices Were Audited
File Completeness90Provenance (File Completeness): Checks whether the hospital published a complete, up-to-date machine-readable price file with valid CPT and MS-DRG billing codes instead of leaving blanks.
Price Logic88Coherence (Price Logic): Checks whether the hospital’s numbers make basic sense — e.g., self-pay cash price is lower than gross list price, with no fake $0.01 or $999,999 placeholder numbers.
Peer Alignment86Concordance (Peer Alignment): Checks whether reported prices sit in a realistic range compared to Medicare and nearby hospitals rather than wild 100× unit errors.
Clean Billing83Regularity (Clean Billing): Checks whether rates are structured consistently across procedures without erratic statistical spikes or hidden unbundled facility fees.
Real Cash Discount84Cash Honesty (Real Cash Discount): Checks whether the hospital offers a genuine self-pay cash discount that beats or matches commercial insurance rates instead of billing full sticker price.
Pillar 3 · New York Market & Best ValueSummarizes statewide hospital price coverage across New York, the average commercial markup over federal Medicare rates, and the #1 best-value hospital in the state.2 Hospitals · 18 Procedures
Hospitals Priced2 in NYTotal hospitals in New York with verified machine-readable price disclosures indexed in the Crystal.
Avg vs. Medicare1.4× MedicareAverage commercial insurance negotiated rate across New York hospitals compared to what federal Medicare pays for the same procedure.
Best Value in NY1.36× FairLowest confounder-adjusted hospital in New York: Ellenville Regional Hospital (Ellenville) at 1.36× fair market price.
Most affordable New York hospital: Ellenville Regional Hospital (Ellenville) at 1.36× the fair price (1% below benchmark).
Behavioral Pricing FingerprintMedian-Gamed · High Captive Markup
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
Ellenville Regional Hospital prices routine shoppable procedures near 1.8× Medicare (p50 1.18×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 1.9× Medicare (p75 1.78×, +51% upper-tail jump). Patients scheduling elective outpatient care can capture competitive rates, but emergency and ancillary bills require strict line-item auditing.
#73 of 92 in NY · 78th State Percentile#2,381 of 3,385 in U.S. · 70th National Percentile
Advantage
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Bottom-quartile procedures (Q25) price at 1.02× the peer BaseRate benchmark
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 29% of shoppable procedures (94/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (69/100 safety score) with 72% patient recommendation
- IRS 501(c)(3) charity care provides free care up to 200% FPL and discounted care up to 400% FPL (48.0% AGB cap)
Watchout
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 1.4× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (2.6×) & laboratory (2.0×) services average 1.06× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (1.8×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 1.78×) jump +51% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 1.18×)
- Consolidated metro market (HHI 9,714) limits in-network hospital competition (Highly Concentrated Monopoly (>2,500))
Front-Door ShoppableElective / Imaging
1.8× Medicare
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Back-Door Captive & ER1.06× Divergence
1.9× Medicare
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Quantile Tail Spread+51% Upper Tail
Q25 1.02× · Q50 1.18× · Q75 1.78×
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Select any lens to inspect department markups, federal cost accounting, or insurer discounts.
Department & Integrity Multiples (vs. CMS Medicare Cost Anchor)
Green ≤1.3× · Teal 1.3–1.8× · Amber 1.8–2.5× · Rose >2.5×
Front-Door Shoppable CareFront-Door Shoppable
1.8× MedicareGood
Outpatient Surgery & ORBack-Door Captive
1.4× MedicareGood
Diagnostic Imaging (CT/MRI)Front-Door Shoppable
2.0× MedicareGood
Back-Door Captive ER VisitsBack-Door Captive
2.6× MedicareFair
Inpatient Lab & PathologyBack-Door Captive
2.0× MedicareGood
Specialty & Infusion Drugs (J-Codes)Back-Door Captive
1.7× MedicareGood
Self-Pay Cash Honesty & 501(r)Integrity & Outcomes
29% Cash Edge · 94/100Good
CMS Clinical Safety & Star ValueIntegrity & Outcomes
3 CMS · 69/100Fair
Hospitals in the Kingston area
Ranked by how their prices compare to the fair BaseRate — best value first. The × fair figure is geo-adjusted. Tap any hospital for its full price list.
- Ellenville Regional Hospital · Ellenville 72/100 21 priced 1.36× fair
- Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus · Kingston 74/100 100 priced 1.38× fair
Compare prices by procedure in Kingston
Local prices across Kingston-area hospitals for 18 procedures.
- CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast)
- CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast)
- CT scan, neck (cervical spine)
- Colonoscopy (diagnostic)
- Colonoscopy with biopsy
- Electrical stimulation therapy
- Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair
- Occupational therapy (self-care training)
- Occupational therapy (therapeutic activities)
- Office visit, established patient (30-39 min)
- Orthotic fitting and training
- Physical therapy (functional capacity test)
- Physical therapy (gait training)
- Physical therapy (manual therapy)
- Physical therapy (neuromuscular re-education)
- Physical therapy (therapeutic exercise)
- Speech therapy (language evaluation)
- Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)
No procedures match that search.
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Prices are sourced from each hospital's federally-required public price file, most recently published October 2026. The BaseRate is a modeled fair-price estimate — not a bill or quote. How we build these numbers →