HENRY J. CARTER SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
1752 PARK AVENUE · NEW YORK, NY · 10035
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 (0.98x overall). The price spread is moderate (B grade), with some procedures priced unexpectedly high.
A nearby hospital 1.26 mi away is ~28% cheaper overall.
METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER has an overall price level of 0.70x vs. this hospital's 0.98x, with 2,043 procedures in common.
why?
Moderate price spread (IQR ratio 2.5x) with some outliers (15% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inpatient | 0.98x | 2,043 | 46% |
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.