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Tonsillectomy (child under 12) 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.

$284.27 with Healthfirst vs $14,000.71 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 CHP $284.27
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $341.13
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $389.05
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $389.05
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $389.05
Fidelis MAP $454.84
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $963.31
MetroPlus HARP $1,594.84
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,733.96
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,733.96
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,733.96
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $1,750.22
MetroPlus CHP $1,750.22
Senior Whole Health MLTC $1,750.22
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $1,750.22
MetroPlus Gold $1,750.22
MetroPlus SNP $1,750.22
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $1,750.22
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $1,750.22
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,750.22
Fidelis CHP $1,750.22
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $1,750.22
Senior Whole Health MAP $1,750.22
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $1,750.22
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $1,785.22
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $1,785.22
VNSNY MAP $1,785.22
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $1,785.22
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $1,785.22
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $1,785.22
Affinity CHP $1,837.73
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $1,925.24
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $1,925.24
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $2,187.78
UNITED CHP $2,187.78
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $2,362.80
Healthfirst Small Group $2,395.64
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,421.40
Healthfirst MAP $2,421.40
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $2,421.40
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,536.42
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $2,713.97
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $3,588.39
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $3,588.39
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $3,588.39
UNITED HARP $3,730.03
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $3,938.00
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $3,938.00
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $3,938.00
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $7,000.36
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,000.36
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,000.36
VACCN All Products $7,000.36
VNSNY Medicare SNP $7,000.36
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,280.37
Fidelis EXCHANGE $9,940.51
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $10,500.53
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,500.53
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $14,000.71

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Tonsillectomy (child under 12) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $284.27 – $14,000.71
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $284.27 – $14,000.71
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $6,772.21 $153.51 – $10,500.53
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $6,703.58 $157.93 – $10,500.53
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $6,772.21 $153.89 – $10,500.53
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $6,772.21 $157.93 – $10,500.53
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $276.99 – $14,000.71
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $276.32 – $14,000.71

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