UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
750 E ADAMS ST · SYRACUSE, NY · 13210 · Acute Care Hospitals
vs. the regional median (the other ~300 NY/NJ/CT hospitals publishing the same code). How is this computed?
All-codes score: median of price ratios across every available billing code. Based on 2,122 billing codes published by this hospital. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 771 codes) puts the score at 1.65x.
UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL bills below peers — about 0.84x the regional median. The wide price spread (C grade) means individual bills are hard to predict — a procedure priced near the median in one department may be 5x in another.
why?
Wide price spread (IQR ratio 3.1x) with 1% of codes above 3x the regional medianHow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inpatient | 0.86x | 2,042 | 44% |
| Other | 0.45x | 43 | 37% |
| Emergency/Eval | 0.77x | 24 | 29% |
| Surgery | 0.12x | 11 | 0% |
Hospital info
- Type: Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership: Government - State
- Beds: 645
- Annual discharges: 28,017
- CMS overall quality star rating: 2/5
Methodology & sources
Prices extracted from this hospital's CMS-mandated machine-readable transparency file (45 CFR 180). Headline statistic: median of price ratios across every available billing code. 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 UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.