LINCOLN HOSPITAL
234 E 149TH ST · BRONX, NY · 10451 · Acute Care Hospitals
vs. the regional median (the other ~300 NY/NJ/CT hospitals publishing the same code). How is this computed?
High-confidence score: 10% trimmed mean across 11 of 57 target procedures, commercial payers, 5x outlier cap. Based on 11 of 57 high-confidence target procedures. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 22,875 codes) puts the score at 1.01x.
LINCOLN HOSPITAL bills below peers — about 0.80x the regional median. Within departments, Lab prices are notably high (2.40x, 1,567 codes); Surgery is comparatively affordable (0.81x). The price spread is moderate (B grade), with some procedures priced unexpectedly high.
why?
Moderate price spread (IQR ratio 1.8x) with some outliers (8% above 3x)How A/B/C is determined: A = narrow price spread (IQR < 2.0×) with <5% of codes priced more than 3× the regional median. B = moderate (IQR 2.0–3.0× OR 5–20% above 3×). C = wider than that.
Cost by department
Each ratio compares this hospital's prices in that department to the median across NY/NJ/CT hospitals for the same department.
| Department | Ratio | Codes | % above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 1.00x | 13,106 | 28% |
| Surgery | 0.81x | 6,332 | 27% |
| Inpatient | 1.00x | 4,588 | 69% |
| Drugs/Pharmacy | 1.08x | 2,382 | 56% |
| Lab | 2.40x | 1,567 | 79% |
| Imaging | 1.20x | 760 | 62% |
| Cardiac | 1.00x | 239 | 49% |
| Emergency/Eval | 1.00x | 173 | 32% |
| Therapy | 1.94x | 74 | 65% |
Hospital info
- Type: Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership: Government - Local
- Beds: 287
- Annual discharges: 15,604
- CMS overall quality star rating: 1/5
Methodology & sources
Prices extracted from this hospital's CMS-mandated machine-readable transparency file (45 CFR 180). Headline statistic: 10% trimmed mean across 11 of 57 target procedures, commercial payers, 5x outlier cap. Validated against RAND Hospital Price Transparency Study v5.1 employer claims data at Spearman ρ = 0.73 (n = 105 hospitals).
Download the original transparency file from LINCOLN HOSPITAL.