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Hospital For Special Surgery

Hospital For Special Surgery in New York, NY. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.

5/5★
CMS overall rating
#82 of 2,866
Peer rank by rating
Acute Care Hospitals
Facility type
Not indexed
Price transparency MRF

535 EAST 70TH STREET, New York, NY 10021

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Hospital Quality Scorecard

One composite verdict from 4 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.

A
85/100
CMS Star Rating
A+
5 / 5

CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating

Mortality Outcomes
B+
0 better / 0 worse

CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (1 measures reported)

Patient Safety
B
1 better / 0 worse

CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (5 measures reported)

Readmission Rates
A+
3 better / 0 worse

CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (3 measures reported)

Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.

CMS Hospital Compare placement

According to CMS Hospital Compare, Hospital For Special Surgery ranks #82 of 2,866 rated hospitals by overall star rating (5/5).

#82
of 2,866 rated hospitals
5/5
overall star rating
NY
state

Placement is among hospitals with a published overall_rating > 0, ordered by rating descending.

CMS hospital plate

Facility 330270 · NY 5/5★

STAR-5 · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · MRF-PENDING · NP-OWN · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-ON · QUAL-LEAD

  • STAR-5 5/5 stars
  • TOP-DECILE #82/2866
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0★ peer
  • MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
  • NP-OWN Voluntary non-profit - Pri…
  • TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care Hospitals
  • ER-ON ER reported
  • QUAL-LEAD 4 above · 0 below

Nearest rated peer outside NY: Adventhealth Fish Memorial, FL (±0★)

Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.

Star-rating neighbourhood around Hospital For Special Surgery

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest rated peers outside NY, not a full Hospital Compare board reprint.

Adventhealth Fish Me… · FL ·…5/5★Adventhealth Murray · GA · n…5/5★Adventhealth Zephyrh… · FL ·…5/5★Adventist Health Cas… · HI ·…5/5★Hospital For Special… · NY ·…5/5★Adventhealth Port Ch… · FL ·…1/5★
CMS overall stars · neighbourhood around Hospital For Special Surgery · 2026-05-15

Where this rating sits nationally

CMS overall star rating across 2,866 rated US hospitals

5 Top 10% higher than 90% of 2,866 CMS-rated hospitals

1–2: 229 CMS-rated hospitals (8%). Below this entry. 2–3: 649 CMS-rated hospitals (23%). Below this entry. 3–4: 935 CMS-rated hospitals (33%). Below this entry. 4–5: 765 CMS-rated hospitals (27%). Below this entry. 5–6: 288 CMS-rated hospitals (10%). This entry sits in this band. This hospital 1 6 overall star rating (1-5), bucketed by value

Each bar is a 1-wide band; taller bars hold more CMS-rated hospitals. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CMS Hospital Compare, overall_rating · 2026-05-15

Hospital For Special Surgery sits in the above-average CMS measure third

Across mortality, patient-safety, and readmission cells, Hospital For Special Surgery posts 4 above-average counts against 0 below-average - a LEAD sheet in the Hospital Compare measure stack.

4
Above avg cells
5
Same-as-avg cells
0
Below avg cells
Mortality
1 same as avg
Patient Safety
1 above avg, 4 same as avg
Readmission
3 above avg

Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.

Price transparency data not indexed yet

Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.

Contact

(212) 606-1000

535 EAST 70TH STREET, New York, NY 10021

What to do with this hospital profile

Hospital For Special Surgery posts a LEAD CMS measure sheet (4 above-avg cells). Compare NY facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.

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  • How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology

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Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles

Care Compare-derived peer sets for Hospital For Special Surgery, all outside NY so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).

Similar CMS star rating

Nearest rated hospitals outside NY (5/5 here).

Similar Acute Care Hospitals peers

Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside NY.

Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape

Nearest hospitals outside NY by CMS above/same/below cell totals (4/5/0 here · QUAL-LEAD). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Hospital For Special Surgery rank among CMS-rated hospitals?

Hospital For Special Surgery beats 90% of the 2,866 US hospitals with a published CMS overall star rating, at 5/5 stars.

What type of hospital is Hospital For Special Surgery?

Hospital For Special Surgery is an acute care hospitals, voluntary non-profit - private ownership, located in New York, NY.

Does Hospital For Special Surgery publish machine-readable price data?

Hospital For Special Surgery does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.