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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at North Central Bronx

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 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.

$2,431.80

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.

$176.60 with Healthfirst vs $2,067.03 with Local 1199 — 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
Healthfirst CHP $176.60
Healthfirst HARP $176.60
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $176.60
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $183.22
Healthfirst MAP $183.22
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $183.22
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $201.39
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $220.75
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $238.41
OXFORD Liberty $259.00
OXFORD Freedom $291.00
UNITED EXCHANGE $313.00
Fidelis MAP $317.88
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $332.29
MetroPlus HARP $361.88
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $362.00
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $396.79
UNITED HARP $396.79
MetroPlus CHP $396.79
Senior Whole Health MLTC $396.79
UNITED Managed Medicaid $396.79
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $396.79
UNITED CHP $396.79
MetroPlus Gold $396.79
MetroPlus SNP $396.79
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $396.79
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $396.79
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $396.79
Fidelis CHP $396.79
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $396.79
Senior Whole Health MAP $396.79
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $396.79
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $396.79
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $404.73
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $404.73
VNSNY MAP $404.73
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $404.73
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $404.73
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $404.73
Affinity CHP $416.63
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $424.57
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $436.47
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $436.47
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $445.20
ANTHEM EPO $481.34
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $481.34
ANTHEM PPO $481.34
ANTHEM HMO $481.34
Healthfirst Small Group $486.36
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $495.99
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $495.99
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $535.67
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $648.84
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $648.84
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $648.84
VACCN All Products $648.84
VNSNY Medicare SNP $648.84
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $650.05
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $650.05
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $674.79
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $811.05
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $814.23
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $814.23
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $814.23
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $892.78
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $892.78
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $892.78
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $892.78
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $892.78
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $892.78
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $892.78
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $892.78
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $892.78
Fidelis EXCHANGE $921.35
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $973.25
Centerlight PACE $1,215.90
Carelon GHI BMP $1,580.67
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $1,580.67
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $1,580.67
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $1,823.85
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,823.85
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $1,823.85
VillageCare Max MAP $2,067.03
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,067.03
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $2,067.03
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 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
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
MetroPlus MAP not published by hospital
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $118.24 – $2,067.03
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $118.24 – $1,923.98
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $637.97 $107.74 – $1,945.44
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $631.50 $110.38 – $2,067.03
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $1,352.40 $176.28 – $2,028.60
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $637.97 $109.53 – $2,067.03
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $637.97 $110.38 – $2,067.03
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $117.41 – $1,923.98

All New-york hospitals for this procedure →