Complex body section x-ray at Lincoln Medical Center

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 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.

$48.90 with Healthfirst vs $292.06 with ANTHEM — 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 $48.90
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $48.90
Healthfirst CHP $48.90
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $58.92
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $58.92
Fidelis CHP $58.92
MetroPlus Gold $58.92
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $58.92
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $58.92
MetroPlus SNP $58.92
MetroPlus HARP $58.92
MetroPlus CHP $58.92
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $58.92
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $58.92
UNITED Managed Medicaid $58.92
UNITED HARP $58.92
Carelon GHI BMP $58.92
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $58.92
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $60.10
VNSNY MAP $60.10
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $60.10
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $60.10
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $60.10
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $63.04
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $64.81
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $73.00
UNITED CHP $73.65
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $73.65
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $79.54
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $79.54
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $94.27
Healthfirst Small Group $96.04
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $132.57
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $132.57
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $132.57
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $132.57
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $132.57
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $132.57
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $132.57
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $132.57
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $132.57
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $132.57
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $132.57
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $132.57
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $132.57
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $262.11
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $262.11
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $270.53
ANTHEM PPO $292.06
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $292.06
ANTHEM HMO $292.06
ANTHEM EPO $292.06

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Complex body section x-ray at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $73.00 – $259.30
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $73.00 – $259.30
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $73.00 – $262.11
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $73.00 – $261.17
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $73.00 – $261.17
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $73.00 – $261.17
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $73.00 – $263.04
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $73.00 – $261.17

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