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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center vs Bellevue Hospital Center.

Side-by-side prices for 34 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 (16 vs 10).

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
MSK
Cheaper on 10 of 34 procedures
vs.
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, NY
NYC Health + Hospitals
2/5 CMS
Cheaper on 16 of 34 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Memorial Bellevue Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $390 $283 Bellevue ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $600 $445 Bellevue ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $415 $283 Bellevue ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $350 $283 Bellevue ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $615 $445 Bellevue ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $240 $127 Bellevue ↓
Mammogram, screening $200 $171 Bellevue ↓
DXA bone density scan $80 $127 Memorial ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $50 $105 Memorial ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $381 $11 Bellevue ↓
Lipid panel $378 $13 Bellevue ↓
CBC with differential $86 — tie
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $404 $17 Bellevue ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $233 — tie
Total knee replacement $11,645 $15,220 Memorial ↓
Total hip replacement $2,072 $15,220 Memorial ↓
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy $912 $6,673 Memorial ↓
Inguinal hernia repair, open $3,665 $4,001 Memorial ↓
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $1,635 $1,057 Bellevue ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $2,355 $1,365 Bellevue ↓
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $1,295 $1,048 Bellevue ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $555 $638 Memorial ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $460 — tie
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $660 — tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $840 $1,054 Memorial ↓
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $5,240 $3,723 Bellevue ↓
Total abdominal hysterectomy $7,860 — tie
Thyroid ultrasound $180 $127 Bellevue ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $655 — tie
New patient office visit, level 4 $1,000 — tie
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) — $5,984 tie
Prostate biopsy $1,295 $2,355 Memorial ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $230 $283 Memorial ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $254 $184 Bellevue ↓

Patient experience.

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

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

For your specific insurance plan, prices can shift dramatically. Some hospitals negotiate steep discounts with one insurer and not another. Always check the plan-specific rate before you book.