Hospital for Special Surgery

2021 Age Distribution

2021 Patient Race:

White10,215
Black/African American805
Other Race1,266
Multi-racial82

2021 Payers:

Private Health Insurance 3,301
Medicare 6,279
Miscellaneous/Other 272
Blue Cross/Blue Shield 2,140
Medicaid 311
Self-Pay 57
Federal/State/Local/VA 8

Conditions treated in 2021

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DRG Count Avg. Charge Avg. Cost Sum all Charges Sum all Costs Avg. LOS
ELECTIVE KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT 3756 $88,361 $33,548 $331,883,382 $126,005,586 2.42
ELECTIVE HIP JOINT REPLACEMENT 3139 $84,354 $31,374 $264,786,481 $98,483,490 1.96
DORSAL AND LUMBAR FUSION PROCEDURE EXCEPT FOR CURVATURE OF BACK 1093 $168,217 $64,826 $183,860,840 $70,854,909 3.90
SHOULDER AND ELBOW JOINT REPLACEMENT 634 $74,440 $27,081 $47,194,946 $17,169,337 1.38
CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION AND OTHER BACK OR NECK PROCEDURES EXCEPT DISC EXCISION OR DECOMPRESSION 531 $96,162 $37,865 $51,062,184 $20,106,288 2.60
KNEE AND LOWER LEG PROCEDURES EXCEPT FOOT 417 $91,943 $35,118 $38,340,325 $14,644,369 3.21
OTHER SIGNIFICANT HIP AND FEMUR SURGERY 400 $87,994 $34,570 $35,197,646 $13,827,855 3.22
NON-ELECTIVE OR COMPLEX KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT 383 $142,341 $51,882 $54,516,644 $19,870,930 4.51
NON-ELECTIVE OR COMPLEX HIP JOINT REPLACEMENT 383 $126,048 $47,258 $48,276,373 $18,099,940 5.02
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC EXCISION AND DECOMPRESSION 339 $61,946 $26,367 $20,999,655 $8,938,545 2.24
DORSAL AND LUMBAR FUSION PROCEDURE FOR CURVATURE OF BACK 238 $244,435 $91,919 $58,175,542 $21,876,753 5.03
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROCEDURES 178 $60,711 $24,702 $10,806,498 $4,396,891 2.51
FOOT AND TOE PROCEDURES 123 $70,173 $27,304 $8,631,304 $3,358,381 2.52
PROCEDURE WITH DIAGNOSIS OF REHABILITATION, AFTERCARE OR OTHER CONTACT WITH HEALTH SERVICES 105 $157,625 $60,321 $16,550,621 $6,333,699 3.76
SHOULDER, UPPER ARM AND FOREARM PROCEDURES EXCEPT JOINT REPLACEMENT 90 $70,978 $27,556 $6,388,033 $2,480,070 2.89
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DIAGNOSES 66 $25,568 $11,397 $1,687,518 $752,170 2.06
POST-OPERATIVE, POST-TRAUMA, OTHER DEVICE INFECTIONS WITH O.R. PROCEDURE 63 $120,199 $44,750 $7,572,557 $2,819,280 6.83
HIP AND FEMUR FRACTURE REPAIR 58 $109,194 $45,620 $6,333,243 $2,645,965 6.34
TENDON, MUSCLE AND OTHER SOFT TISSUE PROCEDURES 55 $62,574 $24,468 $3,441,543 $1,345,752 2.98
MALFUNCTION, REACTION, COMPLICATION OF ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE OR PROCEDURE 51 $61,483 $24,599 $3,135,646 $1,254,547 4.35
POST-OPERATIVE, POST-TRAUMATIC, OTHER DEVICE INFECTIONS 29 $61,999 $23,000 $1,797,983 $666,986 4.17
OTHER BACK AND NECK DISORDERS, FRACTURES AND INJURIES 27 $28,889 $13,141 $780,003 $354,802 2.52
OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT 27 $48,064 $20,108 $1,297,721 $542,914 3.74
MODERATELY EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES FOR OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT 21 $89,352 $36,369 $1,876,384 $763,751 5.62
AMPUTATION OF LOWER LIMB EXCEPT TOES 21 $151,845 $59,899 $3,188,745 $1,257,886 7.52
OTHER AFTERCARE AND CONVALESCENCE 14 $70,816 $34,971 $991,417 $489,588 6.79
EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES FOR OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT 12 $82,033 $31,085 $984,399 $373,025 3.58
SPINAL PROCEDURES 11 $155,267 $63,264 $1,707,936 $695,901 7.09
OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM AND RELATED PROCEDURES 8 $87,672 $32,018 $701,374 $256,141 1.88
SIGNS, SYMPTOMS AND OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS 7 $53,427 $24,053 $373,987 $168,372 5.57
CELLULITIS AND OTHER SKIN INFECTIONS 7 $47,615 $18,021 $333,307 $126,150 4.00
OSTEOMYELITIS, SEPTIC ARTHRITIS AND OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL INFECTIONS 7 $101,978 $37,692 $713,845 $263,847 6.57
SKIN GRAFT, EXCEPT HAND, FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DIAGNOSES 5 $105,832 $50,638 $529,159 $253,189 9.20
PERIPHERAL AND OTHER VASCULAR DISORDERS 5 $76,232 $32,496 $381,160 $162,482 7.60
HAND AND WRIST PROCEDURES 5 $47,937 $16,848 $239,687 $84,239 1.40
PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL AND AUTONOMIC NERVE DISORDERS 5 $77,007 $38,737 $385,033 $193,687 7.20
FRACTURE OF FEMUR 5 $40,202 $16,233 $201,011 $81,164 2.60
FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS EXCEPT FEMUR, PELVIS AND BACK 4 $51,227 $24,829 $204,907 $99,315 4.25
OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST DISORDERS 4 $28,057 $11,710 $112,226 $46,839 1.50
EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURE UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS 4 $125,629 $46,932 $502,517 $187,726 6.00
MODERATELY EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURE UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS 3 $110,163 $41,666 $330,489 $124,997 3.67
FRACTURE OF PELVIS OR DISLOCATION OF HIP 3 $143,610 $71,090 $430,831 $213,271 11.33
MIGRAINE AND OTHER HEADACHES 3 $54,254 $28,702 $162,762 $86,105 6.00
OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM 3 $48,911 $21,879 $146,733 $65,638 4.33
NON-EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES FOR OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT 2 $43,337 $15,765 $86,674 $31,529 2.50
SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE DIAGNOSES 2 $143,991 $52,597 $287,982 $105,194 11.00
OTHER SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND RELATED PROCEDURES 2 $106,411 $36,071 $212,822 $72,141 5.50
SPINAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES 2 $74,309 $28,163 $148,617 $56,326 6.00
BACTERIAL AND TUBERCULOUS INFECTIONS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM 2 $139,559 $59,807 $279,118 $119,614 11.00
SEPTICEMIA AND DISSEMINATED INFECTIONS 2 $57,756 $20,540 $115,512 $41,080 4.00
OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES 1 $70,513 $30,846 $70,513 $30,846 6.00
ALLERGIC REACTIONS 1 $19,729 $6,384 $19,729 $6,384 1.00
SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE 1 $10,742 $5,159 $10,742 $5,159 1.00
MALNUTRITION, FAILURE TO THRIVE AND OTHER NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS 1 $50,460 $18,501 $50,460 $18,501 5.00
CONTUSION, OPEN WOUND AND OTHER TRAUMA TO SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE 1 $20,485 $10,405 $20,485 $10,405 2.00
MAJOR RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS 1 $21,410 $9,334 $21,410 $9,334 2.00
OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS 1 $58,252 $22,887 $58,252 $22,887 5.00
FEVER AND INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS 1 $28,085 $9,008 $28,085 $9,008 2.00
RESPIRATORY FAILURE 1 $57,140 $27,504 $57,140 $27,504 5.00
INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES INCLUDING HIV WITH O.R. PROCEDURE 1 $405,489 $141,902 $405,489 $141,902 21.00
PULMONARY EMBOLISM 1 $37,308 $13,030 $37,308 $13,030 3.00
OTHER PERIPHERAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES 1 $59,114 $22,588 $59,114 $22,588 2.00
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND OTHER PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA 1 $173,187 $70,984 $173,187 $70,984 7.00
CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS 1 $32,047 $13,929 $32,047 $13,929 2.00