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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center vs Elmhurst Hospital Center.

Side-by-side prices for 33 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
MSK
Cheaper on 0 of 33 procedures
vs.
Elmhurst Hospital Center
Queens, NY
NYC Health + Hospitals
2/5 CMS
Cheaper on 0 of 33 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

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

Patient experience.

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

Measure Memorial Elmhurst
HCAHPS overall star rating — 2/5
Would definitely recommend — 58%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 — 57%
Nurses always communicated well — 67%
Doctors always communicated well — 73%
Given clear info about recovery — 82%
Room and bathroom always clean — 66%
Staff always explained meds — 51%
Quiet at night, always — 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.

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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