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Abdominal MRI (with contrast) at Lincoln Medical Center

234 E 149th St, Bronx, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1427063270

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

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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.

$281.35 with Healthfirst vs $1,795.05 with Anthem HealthPlus — 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 $281.35
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $281.35
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $291.90
Healthfirst MAP $291.90
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $291.90
Healthfirst CHP $316.52
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $351.69
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $351.69
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $379.83
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $422.61
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61
VACCN All Products $422.61
VNSNY Medicare SNP $422.61
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.52
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $456.27
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $456.27
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $456.27
UNITED HARP $500.00
UNITED Managed Medicaid $500.00
Fidelis MAP $506.43
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $535.00
Fidelis EXCHANGE $600.11
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $611.33
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $633.92
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.92
OXFORD Freedom $641.12
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $641.12
OXFORD Liberty $641.12
UNITED EXCHANGE $641.12
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $681.75
MetroPlus HARP $726.89
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $797.80
MetroPlus CHP $797.80
Senior Whole Health MLTC $797.80
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $797.80
UNITED CHP $797.80
MetroPlus Gold $797.80
MetroPlus SNP $797.80
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $797.80
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $797.80
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $797.80
Fidelis CHP $797.80
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $797.80
Senior Whole Health MAP $797.80
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $797.80
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $813.76
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $813.76
VNSNY MAP $813.76
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $813.76
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $813.76
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $813.76
Affinity CHP $837.69
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $845.23
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $877.58
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $877.58
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $951.29
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $951.29
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $979.80
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $997.25
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $997.25
Healthfirst Small Group $1,092.33
ANTHEM EPO $1,191.33
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $1,191.33
ANTHEM PPO $1,191.33
ANTHEM HMO $1,191.33
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,635.50
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,635.50
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,635.50
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,795.05
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,795.05
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,795.05
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,795.05
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,795.05
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,795.05

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Abdominal MRI (with contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $210.46 – $1,951.46
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $281.35 – $845.23
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $444.73 $171.35 – $1,836.66
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $440.22 $175.85 – $1,951.46
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $739.80 $334.11 – $1,109.70
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $444.73 $174.46 – $1,951.46
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $444.73 $175.85 – $1,951.46
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $209.25 – $1,285.00

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