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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at Jacobi Medical Center

1400 Pelham Parkway South, Bronx, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1679587679

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,531.42 with Healthfirst vs $43,524.10 with Elderplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Healthfirst HARP $1,531.42
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $1,531.42
Healthfirst CHP $1,722.85
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $1,914.28
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $1,914.28
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,067.42
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $2,366.41
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $2,366.41
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $2,366.41
Fidelis MAP $2,756.56
MetroPlus HARP $4,257.32
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $4,678.93
MetroPlus CHP $4,678.93
Senior Whole Health MLTC $4,678.93
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $4,678.93
MetroPlus Gold $4,678.93
MetroPlus SNP $4,678.93
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $4,678.93
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $4,678.93
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,678.93
Fidelis CHP $4,678.93
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $4,678.93
Senior Whole Health MAP $4,678.93
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $4,678.93
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $4,772.51
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $4,772.51
VNSNY MAP $4,772.51
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $4,772.51
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $4,772.51
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $4,772.51
Affinity CHP $4,912.88
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $5,146.82
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $5,146.82
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $5,848.66
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $5,848.66
UNITED CHP $5,848.66
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $6,316.56
Healthfirst Small Group $6,430.14
UNITED Managed Medicaid $6,952.32
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $7,438.98
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $9,578.97
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $9,578.97
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $9,578.97
UNITED HARP $10,224.00
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $10,527.59
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $10,527.59
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $10,527.59
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $10,527.59
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $10,527.59
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $10,527.59
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,650.39
Healthfirst MAP $11,650.39
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $11,650.39
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $21,762.05
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21,762.05
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21,762.05
VACCN All Products $21,762.05
VNSNY Medicare SNP $21,762.05
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22,632.53
Fidelis EXCHANGE $30,902.11
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $32,643.07
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32,643.07
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $43,524.10

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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $1,531.42 – $43,524.10
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $1,531.42 – $43,524.10
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $21,551.15 $919.94 – $32,643.07
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $21,332.75 $957.14 – $32,643.07
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $21,551.15 $907.48 – $32,643.07
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $21,551.15 $957.14 – $32,643.07
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $1,451.97 – $43,524.10
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $1,471.90 – $43,524.10

All New-york hospitals for this procedure →