New York Hospital has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to Andy Warhol's estate in a settlement of a wrongful-death suit. The amount of the settlement was substantial, but no exact figure was disclosed, lawyers involved in the case said.

The settlement is to be finalized today before Justice Ira Gammerman in the State Supreme Court of Manhattan.

Bruce G. Clark, a lawyer for the estate, had argued that doctors at New York Hospital negligently overloaded Mr. Warhol with fluids and failed to monitor his condition, causing Mr. Warhol's death from heart failure on Feb. 22, 1987, the day after a gallbladder operation.

Under the agreement, the hospital administration did not have to admit any liability.