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Urine Culture Test at Lincoln Medical Center
234 E 149th St, Bronx, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1427063270
not published by hospital
Cash price 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.
$33.84
Gross charge 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.
$6.00 with Aetna vs $69.44 with Anthem HealthPlus — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.00 | — |
| Healthfirst | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.77 | — |
| Healthfirst | MAP | $6.77 | — |
| Healthfirst | Small Group | $6.77 | — |
| Healthfirst | Medicare Advantage PPO | $6.77 | — |
| Elderplan | MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC | $8.07 | — |
| Healthfirst | CHP | $8.07 | — |
| Healthfirst | HARP | $8.07 | — |
| Fidelis | MAP | $8.07 | — |
| Healthfirst | Managed Medicaid | $8.07 | — |
| MAGNACARE | PPO FPP | $9.68 | — |
| MAGNACARE | Direct Plus FPP | $9.68 | — |
| OXFORD | Freedom | $11.79 | — |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $11.79 | — |
| OXFORD | Liberty | $11.79 | — |
| UNITED | EXCHANGE | $11.79 | — |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $12.11 | — |
| Centerlight | PACE | $16.92 | — |
| CIGNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $20.09 | — |
| Wellcare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $20.30 | — |
| Carelon | GHI BMP | $22.00 | — |
| Carelon | MAP_Medicare Advantage | $22.00 | — |
| Carelon | Commercial_Essential Plans | $22.00 | — |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | $23.69 | — |
| EMBLEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $23.69 | — |
| ANTHEM | Small Group EPO_PPO | $26.59 | — |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Small Group | $26.59 | — |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $27.07 | — |
| EMBLEM | HIP_GHI_CHP | $27.07 | — |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Large Group | $27.39 | — |
| VNSNY | Medicare Advantage | $28.76 | — |
| VillageCare Max | MAP | $28.76 | — |
| VillageCare Max | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $28.76 | — |
| Local 1199 | ALL PRODUCTS | $28.76 | — |
| VNSNY | Medicare SNP | $28.76 | — |
| ANTHEM | EPO | $29.58 | — |
| ANTHEM | INDEMNITY | $29.58 | — |
| ANTHEM | PPO | $29.58 | — |
| ANTHEM | HMO | $29.58 | — |
| MetroPlus | HARP | $29.67 | — |
| MetroPlus | Managed Medicaid | $30.86 | — |
| UNITED | HARP | $30.86 | — |
| MetroPlus | CHP | $30.86 | — |
| Senior Whole Health | MLTC | $30.86 | — |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $30.86 | — |
| MetroPlus | Goldcare 1 & 2 | $30.86 | — |
| UNITED | CHP | $30.86 | — |
| MetroPlus | Gold | $30.86 | — |
| MetroPlus | SNP | $30.86 | — |
| Carelon | Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP | $30.86 | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP | $30.86 | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $30.86 | — |
| Fidelis | CHP | $30.86 | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | EXCHANGE | $30.86 | — |
| Senior Whole Health | MAP | $30.86 | — |
| Amidacare | Managed Medicaid | $30.86 | — |
| Fidelis | HARP_Managed Medicaid | $30.86 | — |
| VNSNY | Medicaid SNP | $31.48 | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | HARP | $31.48 | — |
| VNSNY | MAP | $31.48 | — |
| Affinity | HARP_Managed Medicaid | $31.48 | — |
| Carelon (Amida Care) | Managed Medicaid | $31.48 | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | CHP | $31.48 | — |
| Affinity | CHP | $32.40 | — |
| UNITED | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $33.02 | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | CHP | $33.95 | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Essential Plan | $33.95 | — |
| Healthfirst | EXCHANGE | $38.58 | — |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 3-4 | $38.58 | — |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 1-2 | $41.66 | — |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 1-2 | $66.76 | — |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 200-250 | $66.76 | — |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 3-4 | $66.76 | — |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 1-2 | $69.44 | — |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $69.44 | — |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 3-4 | $69.44 | — |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $69.44 | — |
| Fidelis | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $69.44 | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $69.44 | — |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 200-250 | $69.44 | — |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $69.44 | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $69.44 | — |
| OXFORD | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| VACCN | All Products | not published by hospital | — |
| Fidelis | EXCHANGE | not published by hospital | — |
| MetroPlus | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| MetroPlus | EXCHANGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | All Products_Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
| MetroPlus | MAP | not published by hospital | — |
| Centers Plan for Healthy Living | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| Hamaspik | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Urine Culture Test at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jacobi Medical Center | Bronx | not published | $6.00 – $55.05 |
| North Central Bronx | Bronx | not published | $6.00 – $28.76 |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $8.07 | $6.00 – $48.27 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $8.07 | $6.00 – $48.38 |
| UPMC Chautauqua | Jamestown | $19.80 | $8.00 – $29.70 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $8.07 | $6.00 – $44.07 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $8.07 | $6.00 – $28.76 |
| Elmhurst Hospital Center | NY 11373 | not published | $6.00 – $29.20 |