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Mount Sinai Hospital vs Hospital for Special Surgery.

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 7).

Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
Mount Sinai Health System
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 7 of 27 procedures
vs.
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
HSS
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 15 of 27 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Mount Hospital Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $4,860 $400 Hospital ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $8,177 $600 Hospital ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $3,524 $400 Hospital ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $3,159 $379 Hospital ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $3,960 $615 Hospital ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $1,260 $218 Hospital ↓
DXA bone density scan $923 $80 Hospital ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $383 $49 Hospital ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $162 $270 Mount ↓
Lipid panel $104 $236 Mount ↓
CBC with differential $84 $175 Mount ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $135 $249 Mount ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $126 $197 Mount ↓
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy — $12,000 tie
Total knee replacement — $26,351 tie
Total hip replacement — $25,575 tie
Inguinal hernia repair, open — $8,000 tie
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $3,281 $467 Hospital ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $315 $225 Hospital ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $360 $225 Hospital ↓
Carpal tunnel release — $8,404 tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $2,610 $3,090 Mount ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $1,449 $160 Hospital ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $205 $440 Mount ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $558 $440 Hospital ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,944 $165 Hospital ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $387 $180 Hospital ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure Mount Hospital
HCAHPS overall star rating 3/5 4/5
Would definitely recommend 69% 87%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 69% 83%
Nurses always communicated well 74% 83%
Doctors always communicated well 78% 83%
Given clear info about recovery 85% 90%
Room and bathroom always clean 64% 81%
Staff always explained meds 57% 64%
Quiet at night, always 44% 52%

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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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