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Montefiore Medical Center vs Bellevue Hospital Center.

Side-by-side prices for 42 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Bellevue Hospital Center is cheaper on more procedures (24 vs 7).

Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Montefiore Einstein
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 7 of 42 procedures
vs.
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, NY
NYC Health + Hospitals
2/5 CMS
Cheaper on 24 of 42 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Montefiore Bellevue Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $2,122 $283 Bellevue ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $5,595 $445 Bellevue ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,965 $283 Bellevue ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $1,602 $283 Bellevue ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $1,504 $445 Bellevue ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $680 $127 Bellevue ↓
Mammogram, screening $736 $171 Bellevue ↓
DXA bone density scan $615 $127 Bellevue ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $95 $105 Montefiore ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $78 $11 Bellevue ↓
Lipid panel $96 $13 Bellevue ↓
CBC with differential $65 — tie
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $157 $17 Bellevue ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $66 — tie
Urinalysis $18 — tie
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy $6,471 $3,743 Bellevue ↓
Total knee replacement $15,843 $15,220 Bellevue ↓
Total hip replacement $14,715 $15,220 Montefiore ↓
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy $5,435 $6,673 Montefiore ↓
Inguinal hernia repair, open $3,872 $4,001 Montefiore ↓
Cataract surgery, one eye $5,766 $2,695 Bellevue ↓
Vaginal delivery, global $25,369 — tie
Cesarean delivery, global $25,369 — tie
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $1,691 $1,057 Bellevue ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $2,400 $1,365 Bellevue ↓
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $1,328 $1,048 Bellevue ↓
EKG with interpretation $198 — tie
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $1,723 $638 Bellevue ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $262 — tie
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $330 — tie
Carpal tunnel release $4,526 $1,859 Bellevue ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $746 $1,054 Montefiore ↓
Polysomnography (sleep study) $2,606 $1,209 Bellevue ↓
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $3,872 $3,723 Bellevue ↓
Total abdominal hysterectomy $12,142 — tie
Thyroid ultrasound $556 $127 Bellevue ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $330 — tie
New patient office visit, level 4 $504 — tie
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $5,291 $5,984 Montefiore ↓
Prostate biopsy $1,122 $2,355 Montefiore ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,311 $283 Bellevue ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $735 $184 Bellevue ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure Montefiore Bellevue
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 2/5
Would definitely recommend 65% 66%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 63% 63%
Nurses always communicated well 75% 70%
Doctors always communicated well 78% 75%
Given clear info about recovery 80% 81%
Room and bathroom always clean 68% 60%
Staff always explained meds 58% 54%
Quiet at night, always 49% 37%

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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.

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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