Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at North Central Bronx

3424 Kossuth Ave, Bronx, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1023024882

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$731.62

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,333.01

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $1,636.04 with Healthfirst — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.19 ↓ -87%
Fidelis MAP $141.39 ↓ -81%
Healthfirst MAP $220.50 ↓ -70%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $220.50 ↓ -70%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $225.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $257.00 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $289.77 ↓ -60%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $289.77 ↓ -60%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $298.14 ↓ -59%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $322.20 ↓ -56%
ANTHEM EPO $322.20 ↓ -56%
ANTHEM PPO $322.20 ↓ -56%
ANTHEM HMO $322.20 ↓ -56%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $330.00 ↓ -55%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -55%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -55%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $330.00 ↓ -55%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $332.00 ↓ -55%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $332.00 ↓ -55%
OXFORD Liberty $380.00 ↓ -48%
OXFORD Freedom $431.00 ↓ -41%
UNITED EXCHANGE $480.00 ↓ -34%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $493.00 ↓ -33%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $529.00 ↓ -28%
Healthfirst HARP $603.52 ↓ -18%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $603.52 ↓ -18%
Healthfirst CHP $603.52 ↓ -18%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $645.00 ↓ -12%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $653.00 ↓ -11%
UNITED HARP $727.13 ↓ -1%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $727.13 ↓ -1%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $727.13 ↓ -1%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $727.13 ↓ -1%
Fidelis CHP $727.13 ↓ -1%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $727.13 ↓ -1%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $727.13 ↓ -1%
MetroPlus HARP $727.13 ↓ -1%
MetroPlus CHP $727.13 ↓ -1%
Carelon GHI BMP $727.13 ↓ -1%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $727.13 ↓ -1%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $727.13 ↓ -1%
MetroPlus Gold $727.13 ↓ -1%
MetroPlus SNP $727.13 ↓ -1%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $727.13 ↓ -1%
VACCN All Products $731.62 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $731.62 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $731.62 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $731.62 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $731.62 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $731.62 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $731.62 ↑ +0%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $741.67 ↑ +1%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $741.67 ↑ +1%
VNSNY MAP $741.67 ↑ +1%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $741.67 ↑ +1%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $741.67 ↑ +1%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $768.21 ↑ +5%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $778.03 ↑ +6%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $781.00 ↑ +7%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $783.05 ↑ +7%
Centerlight PACE $783.05 ↑ +7%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $790.15 ↑ +8%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $799.84 ↑ +9%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $822.20 ↑ +12%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $884.85 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus MAP $884.85 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $884.85 ↑ +21%
UNITED CHP $908.91 ↑ +24%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $914.53 ↑ +25%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $1,038.90 ↑ +42%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $1,090.70 ↑ +49%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $1,163.41 ↑ +59%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $1,163.41 ↑ +59%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $1,163.41 ↑ +59%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,174.58 ↑ +61%
VillageCare Max MAP $1,174.58 ↑ +61%
Healthfirst Small Group $1,185.22 ↑ +62%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,636.04 ↑ +124%
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $731.62 $0.01 – $884.85
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx $731.62 $0.01 – $1,174.58
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $731.62 $0.01 – $1,174.58
Harlem Hospital Center New York $731.62 $0.01 – $884.85
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $731.62 $0.01 – $1,174.58
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $731.62 $0.01 – $884.85
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $360.60 $74.81 – $778.06
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $731.62 $0.01 – $1,174.58

All New-york hospitals for this procedure →