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NYU Langone Tisch 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. NYU Langone Tisch Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (11 vs 10).

NYU Langone Tisch Hospital
New York, NY
NYU Langone Health
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 11 of 27 procedures
vs.
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
HSS
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 10 of 27 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure NYU Hospital Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $1,043 $400 Hospital ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $1,767 $600 Hospital ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,134 $400 Hospital ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $1,202 $379 Hospital ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $1,568 $615 Hospital ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $375 $218 Hospital ↓
DXA bone density scan $106 $80 Hospital ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $38 $49 NYU ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $13 $270 NYU ↓
Lipid panel $16 $236 NYU ↓
CBC with differential — $175 tie
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $20 $249 NYU ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $12 $197 NYU ↓
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 $629 $467 Hospital ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $50 $225 NYU ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $157 $225 NYU ↓
Carpal tunnel release — $8,404 tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $1,206 $3,090 NYU ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $375 $160 Hospital ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $144 $440 NYU ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $147 $440 NYU ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,900 $165 Hospital ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $46 $180 NYU ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure NYU Hospital
HCAHPS overall star rating 3/5 4/5
Would definitely recommend 75% 87%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 71% 83%
Nurses always communicated well 79% 83%
Doctors always communicated well 79% 83%
Given clear info about recovery 87% 90%
Room and bathroom always clean 70% 81%
Staff always explained meds 62% 64%
Quiet at night, always 49% 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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