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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center vs Hospital for Special Surgery.

Side-by-side prices for 25 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).

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
MSK
Cheaper on 7 of 25 procedures
vs.
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
HSS
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 15 of 25 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Memorial Hospital Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $390 $400 Memorial ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $600 $600 tie
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $415 $400 Hospital ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $350 $379 Memorial ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $615 $615 tie
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $240 $218 Hospital ↓
DXA bone density scan $80 $80 tie
Chest X-ray, single view $50 $49 Hospital ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $381 $270 Hospital ↓
Lipid panel $378 $236 Hospital ↓
CBC with differential $86 $175 Memorial ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $404 $249 Hospital ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $233 $197 Hospital ↓
Total knee replacement $11,645 $26,351 Memorial ↓
Total hip replacement $2,072 $25,575 Memorial ↓
Inguinal hernia repair, open $3,665 $8,000 Memorial ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $555 $467 Hospital ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $460 $225 Hospital ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $660 $225 Hospital ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $840 $3,090 Memorial ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $180 $160 Hospital ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $655 $440 Hospital ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $1,000 $440 Hospital ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $230 $165 Hospital ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $254 $180 Hospital ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure Memorial Hospital
HCAHPS overall star rating — 4/5
Would definitely recommend — 87%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 — 83%
Nurses always communicated well — 83%
Doctors always communicated well — 83%
Given clear info about recovery — 90%
Room and bathroom always clean — 81%
Staff always explained meds — 64%
Quiet at night, always — 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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