535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021 · (212) 606-1000
Beds
156
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.41B
FY 2025
Net income
$95.7M
Patient care margin -26.2%
Discharges
6,583
Occupancy 42.5%
Clinicians
912
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.41B | $1.78B | -26.2% | $95.7M | 6,583 | $10.4M | 45.2% | 0.3% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 2.4% | US median 3.9% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 3.8% | US median 5.8% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 2.9% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.62 | US median 0.96 · better |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $1.30B | $1.66B | -27.0% | $158.9M | 7,805 | $12.1M | 41.5% | 0.5% |
| 2023 | $1.23B | $1.57B | -27.5% | $162.3M | 8,155 | $11.4M | 39.6% | 0.5% |
| 2022 | $1.12B | $1.45B | -29.3% | $70.3M | 8,885 | $10.0M | 38.2% | 0.3% |
| 2021 | $1.03B | $1.36B | -32.5% | $104.8M | 12,510 | $8.1M | 39.9% | 0.4% |
| 2020 | $882.0M | $1.29B | -46.4% | $37.0M | 12,455 | $8.1M | 38.1% | 1.3% |
| 0.17 |
| US median 0.28 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 83% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 82% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 51% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 83% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 77% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 87% | US median 71% |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 18% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 98% | US median 79% |
| DRG 467 REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC |
| 223 |
| $182,223.62 |
| $33,507.17 |
| $26,100.04 |
| DRG 460 SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 162 | $205,478.30 | $35,593.30 | $27,891.78 |
| DRG 454 COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 119 | $317,901.52 | $72,487.98 | $49,528.71 |
| DRG 483 MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES | 117 | $125,160.03 | $25,024.92 | $19,439.49 |
| DRG 519 BACK AND NECK PROCEDURES EXCEPT SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 93 | $95,551.04 | $18,123.09 | $16,124.37 |
| DRG 455 COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 88 | $240,163.10 | $49,451.05 | $33,846.56 |
| DRG 472 CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 80 | $150,532.73 | $27,162.93 | $22,616.88 |
| DRG 520 BACK AND NECK PROCEDURES EXCEPT SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 63 | $78,481.51 | $11,784.49 | $11,329.66 |
| DRG 469 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITH MCC OR TOTA | 63 | $160,665.27 | $33,934.49 | $28,095.17 |
| DRG 457 SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH SPINAL CURVATURE, MALIGNANCY, INFECTION OR EXTENSIVE | 54 | $316,135.46 | $64,998.87 | $55,967.19 |
| DRG 462 BILATERAL OR MULTIPLE MAJOR JOINT PROCEDURES OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 46 | $189,583.20 | $27,060.93 | $22,967.97 |
| DRG 493 LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CC | 43 | $131,442.98 | $23,818.70 | $18,731.31 |
| DRG 427 MULTIPLE LEVEL COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH CC | 33 | $358,039.09 | $72,997.33 | $62,568.55 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 2,670 | 2,572 | $12,971.62 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 642 | 632 | $6,285.52 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 616 | 558 | $1,716.72 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 342 | 330 | $2,793.93 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5116 Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 156 | 155 | $19,058.78 | $15,762.73 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 95 | 92 | $1,424.56 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 50 | 50 | $2,499.09 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 28 | 27 | $1,310.76 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5432 Level 2 Nerve Procedures | - | - | - | $4,673.83 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Hospital for Special Surgery is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in New York, NY with 156 beds and a 5-star overall rating.
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY has 156 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 205 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 6,583 inpatients that year, with 42.5% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Hospital for Special Surgery reported net patient revenue of $1.41B and operating expenses of $1.78B, a margin on patient care of -26.2%. After other income and expenses its net income was $95.7M (5.1% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Hospital for Special Surgery is not part of a multi-hospital health system in the official ownership records. It is a nonprofit hospital (Nonprofit (private)).
Hospital for Special Surgery has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
No, Hospital for Special Surgery does not list emergency services.
912 Medicare clinicians list Hospital for Special Surgery as a hospital they work at, most often in Orthopedic Surgery, Physician Assistant, Anesthesiology.
In 2024, Hospital for Special Surgery had 3,230 Medicare inpatient stays in 36 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 470 (major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without mcc) with 1,332 stays; Medicare paid $17,048.17 per stay on average, compared with $14,289.25 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $3.9M in payments to Hospital for Special Surgery as a teaching hospital ($2.4M general and $1.5M for research) from 53 companies.