Diathermy eg microwave 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

$8.51

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.

$163.74

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.

$6.81 with Hamaspik vs $346.00 with UNITED — 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
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.81 ↓ -20%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $7.23 ↓ -15%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $8.51 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $8.51 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.51 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $8.51 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $8.51 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.51 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.51 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $8.51 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $8.51 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $8.51 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $8.51 ↑ +0%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $8.51 ↑ +0%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.54 ↑ +0%
Healthfirst MAP $8.54 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $8.71 ↑ +2%
Centerlight PACE $8.71 ↑ +2%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.94 ↑ +5%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.15 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.84 ↑ +16%
MetroPlus MAP $9.84 ↑ +16%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $9.84 ↑ +16%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $10.21 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $10.21 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $10.21 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $10.21 ↑ +20%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $10.65 ↑ +25%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $10.65 ↑ +25%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $10.65 ↑ +25%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.59 ↑ +48%
VillageCare Max MAP $13.07 ↑ +54%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $13.07 ↑ +54%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +54%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $17.42 ↑ +105%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $23.21 ↑ +173%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $23.21 ↑ +173%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $23.88 ↑ +181%
ANTHEM HMO $25.81 ↑ +203%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $25.81 ↑ +203%
ANTHEM PPO $25.81 ↑ +203%
ANTHEM EPO $25.81 ↑ +203%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $35.40 ↑ +316%
Healthfirst CHP $35.40 ↑ +316%
Healthfirst HARP $35.40 ↑ +316%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $42.64 ↑ +401%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $42.64 ↑ +401%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $42.64 ↑ +401%
Fidelis CHP $42.64 ↑ +401%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $42.64 ↑ +401%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $42.64 ↑ +401%
UNITED HARP $42.64 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus SNP $42.65 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $42.65 ↑ +401%
Carelon GHI BMP $42.65 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus Gold $42.65 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $42.65 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus HARP $42.65 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus CHP $42.65 ↑ +401%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $42.65 ↑ +401%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $43.49 ↑ +411%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $43.49 ↑ +411%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $43.49 ↑ +411%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $43.49 ↑ +411%
VNSNY MAP $43.49 ↑ +411%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $45.62 ↑ +436%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $46.90 ↑ +451%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $53.31 ↑ +526%
UNITED CHP $53.31 ↑ +526%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $57.58 ↑ +577%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $57.58 ↑ +577%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $68.24 ↑ +702%
Healthfirst Small Group $69.52 ↑ +717%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $95.94 ↑ +1027%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $106.43 ↑ +1151%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $139.18 ↑ +1535%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $241.00 ↑ +2732%
OXFORD Liberty $248.00 ↑ +2814%
OXFORD Freedom $278.00 ↑ +3167%
UNITED EXCHANGE $314.00 ↑ +3590%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $346.00 ↑ +3966%
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital —
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Affinity CHP not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital —

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Diathermy eg microwave at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $8.51 $6.81 – $17.42
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx $8.51 $6.81 – $17.42
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $8.48 $3.97 – $16.96
Harlem Hospital Center New York $8.51 $6.81 – $17.42
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $8.71 $3.97 – $17.42
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $8.26 $6.61 – $16.96
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $8.54 $3.97 – $17.08
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $8.71 $3.97 – $17.42

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