HENRY J. CARTER SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

1752 PARK AVENUE · NEW YORK, NY · 10035

1.02x Near peers

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 2,043 billing codes published by this hospital.

HENRY J. CARTER SPECIALTY HOSPITAL prices near the regional median (1.02x overall). 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 1.26 mi away is ~36% cheaper overall.

METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER has an overall price level of 0.66x vs. this hospital's 1.02x, with 2,043 procedures in common.

54% of codes priced above the regional median Reliability C (Volatile)

why?

Wide price spread (IQR ratio 2.6x) with 17% of codes above 3x the regional median

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.

Limited coverage: This hospital's published transparency file primarily covers Inpatient codes (100% of 2,043 codes). Procedures in other categories may not be reflected.

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	1.02x	2,043	54%

Hospital info

Beds: 201
Annual discharges: 469

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 HENRY J. CARTER SPECIALTY HOSPITAL.