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Head CT scan (with and without contrast) 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.

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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.

$160.99 with Healthfirst vs $978.86 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.

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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 HARP $160.99
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $160.99
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $167.03
Healthfirst MAP $167.03
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $167.03
Healthfirst CHP $181.12
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $201.24
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $201.24
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $210.66
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.66
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.66
VACCN All Products $210.66
VNSNY Medicare SNP $210.66
UNITED HARP $217.00
UNITED Managed Medicaid $217.00
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $217.34
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $219.09
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $232.19
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $258.19
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $258.19
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $258.19
Fidelis MAP $289.79
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $295.88
Fidelis EXCHANGE $299.14
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $315.99
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $315.99
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $326.39
MetroPlus HARP $396.66
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $405.27
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $405.27
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $416.01
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $421.32
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $435.05
MetroPlus CHP $435.05
Senior Whole Health MLTC $435.05
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $435.05
UNITED CHP $435.05
MetroPlus Gold $435.05
MetroPlus SNP $435.05
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $435.05
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $435.05
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $435.05
Fidelis CHP $435.05
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $435.05
Senior Whole Health MAP $435.05
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $435.05
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $443.75
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $443.75
VNSNY MAP $443.75
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $443.75
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $443.75
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $443.75
ANTHEM EPO $449.78
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $449.78
ANTHEM PPO $449.78
ANTHEM HMO $449.78
Affinity CHP $456.80
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $478.56
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $478.56
OXFORD Freedom $511.44
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $511.44
OXFORD Liberty $511.44
UNITED EXCHANGE $511.44
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $543.81
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $543.81
Healthfirst Small Group $594.53
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $892.49
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $892.49
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $892.49
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $978.86
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $978.86
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $978.86
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $978.86
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $978.86
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $978.86

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Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $108.74 – $1,823.62
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $108.74 – $1,056.00
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $212.47 $98.13 – $1,716.34
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $210.32 $100.62 – $1,823.62
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $753.00 $189.22 – $1,129.50
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $212.47 $99.72 – $1,823.62
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $212.47 $100.62 – $1,823.62
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $108.06 – $1,056.00

All New-york hospitals for this procedure →