Culture bacteria anaerobic 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

$9.66

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.

$34.60

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.

$1.00 with UNITED vs $69.44 with Healthfirst — 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
UNITED EXCHANGE $1.00 ↓ -90%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $9.47 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MAP $9.47 ↓ -2%
Senior Whole Health MAP $9.66 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $9.66 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $9.66 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MAP $9.66 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $9.66 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $9.66 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $9.66 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $9.66 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $9.66 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.14 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.14 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.43 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.92 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $10.92 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $10.92 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $11.59 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $11.59 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $11.59 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $11.59 ↑ +20%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $12.20 ↑ +26%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $13.77 ↑ +43%
OXFORD Freedom $13.77 ↑ +43%
OXFORD Liberty $13.77 ↑ +43%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $14.49 ↑ +50%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $22.49 ↑ +133%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $24.21 ↑ +151%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $25.62 ↑ +165%
Healthfirst CHP $25.62 ↑ +165%
Healthfirst HARP $25.62 ↑ +165%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $27.68 ↑ +187%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $27.68 ↑ +187%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $27.68 ↑ +187%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $29.41 ↑ +204%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $30.86 ↑ +219%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $30.86 ↑ +219%
UNITED HARP $30.86 ↑ +219%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $30.86 ↑ +219%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $30.86 ↑ +219%
Fidelis CHP $30.86 ↑ +219%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $30.86 ↑ +219%
MetroPlus CHP $30.87 ↑ +220%
MetroPlus SNP $30.87 ↑ +220%
MetroPlus Gold $30.87 ↑ +220%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $30.87 ↑ +220%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $30.87 ↑ +220%
MetroPlus HARP $30.87 ↑ +220%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $30.87 ↑ +220%
Carelon GHI BMP $30.87 ↑ +220%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $31.48 ↑ +226%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $31.48 ↑ +226%
VNSNY MAP $31.48 ↑ +226%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $31.48 ↑ +226%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $31.48 ↑ +226%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $32.65 ↑ +238%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $32.65 ↑ +238%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $33.02 ↑ +242%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $33.70 ↑ +249%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $33.95 ↑ +251%
ANTHEM EPO $36.38 ↑ +277%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $36.38 ↑ +277%
ANTHEM PPO $36.38 ↑ +277%
ANTHEM HMO $36.38 ↑ +277%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $38.59 ↑ +299%
UNITED CHP $38.59 ↑ +299%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $41.67 ↑ +331%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $41.67 ↑ +331%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $49.39 ↑ +411%
Healthfirst Small Group $50.32 ↑ +421%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $69.44 ↑ +619%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $69.44 ↑ +619%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $69.44 ↑ +619%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $69.44 ↑ +619%
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital

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