External ocular photography 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

$46.45

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.

$270.78

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $645.00 with OSCAR — 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
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.02 ↓ -42%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $36.00 ↓ -22%
Healthfirst MAP $38.70 ↓ -17%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.70 ↓ -17%
Fidelis MAP $38.91 ↓ -16%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.45 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $46.45 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $46.45 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $46.45 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $46.45 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $46.45 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $46.62 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.62 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MAP $46.62 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $46.62 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $46.62 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.77 ↑ +5%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.96 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.16 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $52.69 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $52.69 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $52.69 ↑ +13%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $59.92 ↑ +29%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $59.92 ↑ +29%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $61.85 ↑ +33%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $65.96 ↑ +42%
ANTHEM PPO $66.77 ↑ +44%
ANTHEM EPO $66.77 ↑ +44%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $66.77 ↑ +44%
ANTHEM HMO $66.77 ↑ +44%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.67 ↑ +50%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $117.64 ↑ +153%
Healthfirst CHP $117.64 ↑ +153%
Healthfirst HARP $117.64 ↑ +153%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $141.73 ↑ +205%
UNITED HARP $141.73 ↑ +205%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $141.73 ↑ +205%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $141.73 ↑ +205%
Fidelis CHP $141.73 ↑ +205%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $141.73 ↑ +205%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $141.73 ↑ +205%
MetroPlus HARP $141.74 ↑ +205%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $141.74 ↑ +205%
MetroPlus Gold $141.74 ↑ +205%
MetroPlus CHP $141.74 ↑ +205%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $141.74 ↑ +205%
MetroPlus SNP $141.74 ↑ +205%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $141.74 ↑ +205%
Carelon GHI BMP $141.74 ↑ +205%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $144.56 ↑ +211%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $144.56 ↑ +211%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $144.56 ↑ +211%
VNSNY MAP $144.56 ↑ +211%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $144.56 ↑ +211%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $151.65 ↑ +226%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $155.90 ↑ +236%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $176.01 ↑ +279%
UNITED CHP $177.18 ↑ +281%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $212.61 ↑ +358%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $216.62 ↑ +366%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $225.00 ↑ +384%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $226.78 ↑ +388%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $226.78 ↑ +388%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $226.78 ↑ +388%
Healthfirst Small Group $231.04 ↑ +397%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $257.00 ↑ +453%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $318.89 ↑ +587%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $318.89 ↑ +587%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $318.89 ↑ +587%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $318.89 ↑ +587%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $318.89 ↑ +587%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $318.89 ↑ +587%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $318.89 ↑ +587%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $318.89 ↑ +587%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $318.89 ↑ +587%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $318.89 ↑ +587%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $318.89 ↑ +587%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $318.89 ↑ +587%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $318.89 ↑ +587%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $330.00 ↑ +610%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $330.00 ↑ +610%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $330.00 ↑ +610%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $330.00 ↑ +610%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $332.00 ↑ +615%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $332.00 ↑ +615%
OXFORD Liberty $380.00 ↑ +718%
OXFORD Freedom $431.00 ↑ +828%
UNITED EXCHANGE $480.00 ↑ +933%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $529.00 ↑ +1039%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $645.00 ↑ +1289%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital —
Affinity CHP not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital —
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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