66/100
#760 nationally
Harlem Hospital Center
506 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10037 · (212) 939-1000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Harlem Hospital Center billed $2.30 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 2.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 19
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #66
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
116 | $101,456 | $40,745 | +55% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $50,319 | $29,191 | +16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $8,306 | $3,032 | -57% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $60,995 | $29,404 | +26% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $300,235 | $110,491 | +69% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $44,227 | $29,159 | -35% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $47,178 | $29,736 | about average |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $4,678 | $777 | +49% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $44,627 | $22,430 | +46% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $44,214 | $33,060 | -28% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$300,235 | $110,491 | +69% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$49,882 | $21,828 | +68% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$76,022 | $31,034 | +63% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$88,488 | $37,944 | +56% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$101,456 | $40,745 | +55% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,678 | $777 | +49% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$44,627 | $22,430 | +46% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$60,995 | $29,404 | +26% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,306 | $3,032 | -57% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,813 | $1,845 | -42% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$44,227 | $29,159 | -35% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$44,214 | $33,060 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,607 | $2,652 | -18% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$36,831 | $22,681 | -11% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$47,178 | $29,736 | about average |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$40,199 | $26,214 | about average |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.