Financial Care

We realize that healthcare bills can be confusing. Parents should familiarize themselves with the terms and conditions of their insurance coverage.

Those patients without insurance coverage are responsible for paying the full cost of their care.

If you need help paying your bill, the hospital’s Financial Assistance Program can help patients who are uninsured and those with limited insurance.

Call the Customer Service/Patient Accounts Department for details at (631) 444-4151.

A Medicaid representative is available to assist with the Medicaid application Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm, and can be reached by calling (631) 444-7587.

When your child becomes a non-emergency hospital patient at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, you are entitled to receive information about how you will be charged for the services your child receives. This is particularly important if your child receives care that is not in your health plan’s network, or if you are not covered by a health plan.

Stony Brook is a participating provider in many health plan networks. However, some health plans use smaller networks for certain services they offer, so it is important to check whether we participate in your specific plan. Plan Information. 

The physician services your child receives while a patient in our hospital are not included in the hospital charges.

Physicians who provide services at Stony Brook may be independent voluntary physicians. If your child’s physician does not participate in your specific plan, you may want to choose a different physician who does. Find a Doctor. 

In addition to the hospital bill, you will receive bills for our physician services, which are managed by the Clinical Practice Management Plan. If more than one doctor participated in your child’s treatment, you will receive separate bills from each doctor.

You may receive two separate bills for services such as radiology or laboratory procedures as follows:

• A bill from Stony Brook University Hospital, which represents the use of the equipment, technical personnel and other overhead.
• A separate bill from the physician who interprets the results of the procedure.

All payments or correspondence concerning the hospital bill should be addressed to the hospital. You should be aware that the degree to which your hospital bill will be covered will vary depending upon the type of insurance you have. After you leave the hospital, the Patient Accounts Department will submit a bill to your insurance company and send you a statement of your financial obligation. 

Stony Brook has contracts with a number of physician groups such as anesthesiologists, radiologists and pathologists so that they can provide services at our hospital. You should contact these groups directly to understand charges. 

We created a sample list of charges for our most common hospital procedures. Please keep in mind that these charges are just examples. There are different factors that affect what a patient actually pays depending on specific contracts that a health plan, insurer or other third-party payer (like Medicare) may have with us. Insured, in-network patients are usually only responsible for copayments, coinsurance and/or deductibles. Sample Charges