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Hospital for Special Surgery

Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY charges 6.1x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 32 analyzed procedures at this nonprofit-private facility.

New York, NY 10021 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 5/5

By Michael Glenn , Healthcare Data Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Michael Glenn reviews CMS datasets and drug pricing at BillRazor Research. He focuses on NADAC acquisition costs and procedure coding accuracy. Expertise: drug pricing, NADAC data, CPT coding.

32 procedures analyzed
CMS price transparency data
Updated 2026-04-03
Median 4.3x2.4x15.0x
6.1x
Medicare markup ratio
NY lowestHospital for Special S...NY highest
6.1x
Avg markup ratio
5.8x
Median markup
32
Procedures
9%
Outlier procedures
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Pricing grade

D

High

Avg markup vs Medicare

6.1x

Charge / Medicare rate

Max markup

9.5x

Worst procedure

Procedures analyzed

32

With pricing data

Outlier procedures

9.4%

Above 90th percentile

Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.

ProcedureCodeGross chargeCash priceMedicareMarkup
SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES WITH CC501$133,570$66,7859.5x
SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC502$91,260$45,6308.6x
MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC470$122,820$61,4108.1x
KNEE PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION WITHOUT CC/MCC487$127,630$63,8158x
BILATERAL OR MULTIPLE MAJOR JOINT PROCEDURES OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC462$215,049$107,5257.8x
POSTOPERATIVE OR POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC857$132,749$66,3757.5x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITHOUT CC/MCC482$103,737$51,8687.3x
KNEE PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION WITH CC486$143,282$71,6417.3x
HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC522$140,831$70,4157.2x
LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITHOUT CC/MCC494$112,540$56,2706.8x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC481$183,966$91,9836.7x
CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC473$116,667$58,3346.7x
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC516$108,508$54,2546.4x
LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CC493$143,617$71,8096.2x
MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES483$112,950$56,4756x
KNEE PROCEDURES WITHOUT PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION WITHOUT CC/MCC489$64,772$32,3865.9x
LOCAL EXCISION AND REMOVAL OF INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES EXCEPT HIP AND FEMUR WITH CC496$82,040$41,0205.8x
BACK AND NECK PROCEDURES EXCEPT SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC520$78,259$39,1295.8x
CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC472$150,152$75,0765.8x
BACK AND NECK PROCEDURES EXCEPT SPINAL FUSION WITH CC519$96,872$48,4365.4x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC460$176,911$88,4555.4x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC468$133,671$66,8365.2x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC467$171,547$85,7735.1x
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC517$66,627$33,3145x
WOUND DEBRIDEMENT AND SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE D464$300,417$150,2084.9x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC455$213,912$106,9564.9x
MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITH MCC OR TOTA469$167,898$83,9494.8x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH MCC466$245,752$122,8764.7x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH SPINAL CURVATURE, MALIGNANCY, INFECTION OR EXTENSIVE457$296,629$148,3154.3x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH SPINAL CURVATURE, MALIGNANCY, INFECTION OR EXTENSIVE458$188,200$94,1004.2x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC454$278,403$139,2024.1x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH MCC453$388,194$194,0974x

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Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.

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