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Hospital for Special Surgery vs Montefiore Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 27 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Hospital for Special Surgery is cheaper on more procedures (15 vs 12).

Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
HSS
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 15 of 27 procedures
vs.
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Montefiore Einstein
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 12 of 27 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Hospital Montefiore Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $400 $2,122 Hospital ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $600 $5,595 Hospital ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $400 $1,965 Hospital ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $379 $1,602 Hospital ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $615 $1,504 Hospital ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $218 $680 Hospital ↓
DXA bone density scan $80 $615 Hospital ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $49 $95 Hospital ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $270 $78 Montefiore ↓
Lipid panel $236 $96 Montefiore ↓
CBC with differential $175 $65 Montefiore ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $249 $157 Montefiore ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $197 $66 Montefiore ↓
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy $12,000 $6,471 Montefiore ↓
Total knee replacement $26,351 $15,843 Montefiore ↓
Total hip replacement $25,575 $14,715 Montefiore ↓
Inguinal hernia repair, open $8,000 $3,872 Montefiore ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $467 $1,723 Hospital ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $225 $262 Hospital ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $225 $330 Hospital ↓
Carpal tunnel release $8,404 $4,526 Montefiore ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $3,090 $746 Montefiore ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $160 $556 Hospital ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $440 $330 Montefiore ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $440 $504 Hospital ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $165 $1,311 Hospital ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $180 $735 Hospital ↓

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025. Bold = higher score.

Measure Hospital Montefiore
HCAHPS overall star rating 4/5 2/5
Would definitely recommend 87% 65%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 83% 63%
Nurses always communicated well 83% 75%
Doctors always communicated well 83% 78%
Given clear info about recovery 90% 80%
Room and bathroom always clean 81% 68%
Staff always explained meds 64% 58%
Quiet at night, always 52% 49%

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How to read this comparison.

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The CMS rating is the federal quality composite, built from ~50 measures spanning safety, mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness. A 5-star hospital may not be the best at every procedure, and a 3-star hospital can have a strong specific service line. Treat the rating as one input, not the answer.

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