NYU LANGONE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL
301 E 17TH ST · NEW YORK, NY · 10003
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 26 of 57 target procedures, commercial payers, 5x outlier cap. Based on 26 of 57 high-confidence target procedures. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 8,549 codes) puts the score at 2.17x.
NYU LANGONE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL bills well above peers — about 2.62x the regional median overall. Within departments, Emergency/Eval prices are notably high (4.03x, 91 codes). 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.
A nearby hospital 0.52 mi away is ~81% cheaper overall.
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER has an overall price level of 0.49x vs. this hospital's 2.62x, with 6,644 procedures in common.
why?
Wide price spread (IQR ratio 2.5x) with 38% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 1.71x | 3,359 | 97% |
| Inpatient | 1.00x | 2,018 | 37% |
| Lab | 1.54x | 1,335 | 82% |
| Other | 1.35x | 1,033 | 73% |
| Drugs/Pharmacy | 0.91x | 616 | 11% |
| Imaging | 1.12x | 562 | 75% |
| Cardiac | 1.83x | 171 | 90% |
| Emergency/Eval | 4.03x | 91 | 88% |
| Therapy | 2.56x | 66 | 91% |
Methodology & sources
Prices extracted from this hospital's CMS-mandated machine-readable transparency file (45 CFR 180). Headline statistic: 10% trimmed mean across 26 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 NYU LANGONE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL.