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Hospital for Special Surgery vs Lenox Hill Hospital.

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 (18 vs 9).

Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
HSS
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 18 of 27 procedures
vs.
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Northwell Health
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 9 of 27 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Hospital Lenox Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $400 $528 Hospital ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $600 $888 Hospital ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $400 $510 Hospital ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $379 $575 Hospital ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $615 $920 Hospital ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $218 $312 Hospital ↓
DXA bone density scan $80 $108 Hospital ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $49 $68 Hospital ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $270 $26 Lenox ↓
Lipid panel $236 $33 Lenox ↓
CBC with differential $175 $19 Lenox ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $249 $41 Lenox ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $197 $24 Lenox ↓
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy $12,000 $4,595 Lenox ↓
Total knee replacement $26,351 $75,894 Hospital ↓
Total hip replacement $25,575 $75,894 Hospital ↓
Inguinal hernia repair, open $8,000 $4,595 Lenox ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $467 $4,595 Hospital ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $225 $270 Hospital ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $225 $354 Hospital ↓
Carpal tunnel release $8,404 $4,595 Lenox ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $3,090 $4,595 Hospital ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $160 $334 Hospital ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $440 $368 Lenox ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $440 $454 Hospital ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $165 $603 Hospital ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $180 $490 Hospital ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure Hospital Lenox
HCAHPS overall star rating 4/5 2/5
Would definitely recommend 87% 70%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 83% 68%
Nurses always communicated well 83% 74%
Doctors always communicated well 83% 79%
Given clear info about recovery 90% 81%
Room and bathroom always clean 81% 64%
Staff always explained meds 64% 62%
Quiet at night, always 52% 44%

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How to read this comparison.

The cash-pay price is what an uninsured patient would be charged at each hospital. It's the cleanest apples-to-apples comparison because it doesn't depend on your insurance plan.

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