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Head CT scan (with 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.

$137.70 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 $137.70
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $137.70
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.86
Healthfirst MAP $142.86
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $142.86
UNITED HARP $145.00
UNITED Managed Medicaid $145.00
Healthfirst CHP $154.91
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $155.15
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $172.12
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $172.12
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $185.89
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $197.71
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
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $219.03
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $219.03
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $219.03
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $219.09
Fidelis MAP $247.85
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $274.73
Fidelis EXCHANGE $299.14
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $315.99
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $315.99
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $336.86
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $336.86
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $345.80
ANTHEM EPO $373.87
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $373.87
ANTHEM PPO $373.87
ANTHEM HMO $373.87
MetroPlus HARP $396.66
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
Affinity CHP $456.80
OXFORD Freedom $461.70
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $461.70
OXFORD Liberty $461.70
UNITED EXCHANGE $461.70
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $478.56
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $478.56
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 contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $91.35 – $1,367.44
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $91.35 – $1,056.00
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $212.47 $83.95 – $1,287.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $210.32 $86.06 – $1,367.44
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $606.60 $161.03 – $909.90
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $212.47 $85.29 – $1,367.44
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $212.47 $86.06 – $1,367.44
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $90.74 – $1,228.00

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