Gallbladder removal with bile duct X-ray cost in New York

In New York, 34 hospitals publish a cash price for gallbladder removal, laparoscopic, with X-ray of the bile ducts during surgery: from $579.00 to $37,882.00, with a median of $6,904.15. The lowest price is at Wynn Hospital (Utica). The highest price is 65.4× the lowest.

• The median here, $6,904.15, is 17% below the US median of $8,346.00.
• New York ranks 12th of 38 states by median, cheapest first.
• 7 of 34 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 47563. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map