Preparation for bladder xray 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.

$43.45 with Aetna vs $1,276.09 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 $43.45
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $53.80
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $53.80
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $53.80
Fidelis MAP $62.57
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $82.99
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $470.73
Healthfirst CHP $470.73
Healthfirst HARP $470.73
UNITED HARP $567.15
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $567.15
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $567.15
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $567.15
Fidelis CHP $567.15
MetroPlus SNP $567.15
MetroPlus Gold $567.15
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $567.15
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $567.15
MetroPlus HARP $567.15
MetroPlus CHP $567.15
UNITED Managed Medicaid $567.15
Carelon GHI BMP $567.15
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $567.15
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $567.15
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $578.49
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $578.49
VNSNY MAP $578.49
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $578.49
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $578.49
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $606.85
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $623.87
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $708.94
UNITED CHP $708.94
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $765.65
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $765.65
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $907.44
Healthfirst Small Group $924.45
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,276.09
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,276.09
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,276.09
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,276.09
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,276.09
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,276.09
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,276.09
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,276.09
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,276.09
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,276.09

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Preparation for bladder xray at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $43.45 – $62.57
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $43.45 – $62.57
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Cortlandt Manor $635.00 $388.62 – $806.40
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $23.71 – $61.04
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $42.39 – $61.04
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $23.71 – $62.57
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $43.45 – $62.57
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $23.71 – $61.01

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