Fuse/graft added joint 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.

$263.13 with Aetna vs $3,414.11 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
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $263.13
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $278.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $327.76
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $327.76
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $327.76
Fidelis MAP $378.91
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $1,259.43
Healthfirst CHP $1,259.43
Healthfirst HARP $1,259.43
UNITED HARP $1,517.38
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,517.38
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $1,517.38
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $1,517.38
Fidelis CHP $1,517.38
MetroPlus SNP $1,517.38
MetroPlus Gold $1,517.38
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $1,517.38
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $1,517.38
MetroPlus HARP $1,517.38
MetroPlus CHP $1,517.38
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,517.38
Carelon GHI BMP $1,517.38
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $1,517.38
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $1,517.38
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $1,547.73
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $1,547.73
VNSNY MAP $1,547.73
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $1,547.73
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $1,547.73
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,623.60
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $1,669.12
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $1,896.73
UNITED CHP $1,896.73
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $2,048.46
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $2,048.46
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $2,427.81
Healthfirst Small Group $2,473.33
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $3,414.11
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $3,414.11
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $3,414.11
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $3,414.11
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $3,414.11
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $3,414.11
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $3,414.11
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $3,414.11
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $3,414.11
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $3,414.11

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Fuse/graft added joint at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $263.13 – $378.91
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $263.13 – $378.91
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $138.97 – $366.90
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $254.79 – $366.90
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $138.97 – $378.91
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $263.13 – $378.91
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $138.97 – $363.34
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $138.97 – $378.91

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