Protein western blot tissue 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.

$26.90 with MetroPlus vs $251.21 with Affinity — 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
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $26.90
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $26.90
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $26.90
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $28.71
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $31.00
OXFORD Freedom $32.44
OXFORD Liberty $32.44
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $32.44
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $55.69
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $76.83
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $76.83
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $79.30
ANTHEM EPO $85.61
ANTHEM HMO $85.61
ANTHEM PPO $85.61
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $85.61
Healthfirst CHP $92.68
Healthfirst HARP $92.68
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $92.68
Fidelis CHP $111.65
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $111.65
UNITED Managed Medicaid $111.65
UNITED HARP $111.65
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $111.65
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $111.65
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $111.65
Carelon GHI BMP $111.66
MetroPlus CHP $111.66
MetroPlus HARP $111.66
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $111.66
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $111.66
MetroPlus Gold $111.66
MetroPlus SNP $111.66
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $111.66
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $113.88
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $113.88
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $113.88
VNSNY MAP $113.88
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $113.88
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $119.47
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $122.82
UNITED CHP $139.58
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $139.58
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $150.74
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $150.74
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $178.66
Healthfirst Small Group $182.01
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $251.21
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $251.21
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $251.21
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $251.21
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $251.21
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $251.21
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $251.21
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $251.21
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $251.21
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $251.21

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Protein western blot tissue at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $21.45 – $76.01
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $21.45 – $76.01
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $16.50 – $76.83
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $26.90 – $76.56
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $16.50 – $76.56
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $26.90 – $76.56
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $16.50 – $77.11
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $16.50 – $76.56

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