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Knee MRI (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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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.

$291.18 with Healthfirst vs $1,869.85 with Elderplan — 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 $291.18
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $291.18
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $302.10
Healthfirst MAP $302.10
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $302.10
Healthfirst CHP $327.58
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $363.98
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $363.98
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $393.10
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $472.25
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $472.25
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $472.25
UNITED HARP $500.00
UNITED Managed Medicaid $500.00
Fidelis MAP $524.13
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $535.00
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $611.33
OXFORD Freedom $641.12
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $641.12
OXFORD Liberty $641.12
UNITED EXCHANGE $641.12
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $681.75
MetroPlus HARP $721.85
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $792.76
MetroPlus CHP $792.76
Senior Whole Health MLTC $792.76
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $792.76
UNITED CHP $792.76
MetroPlus Gold $792.76
MetroPlus SNP $792.76
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $792.76
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $792.76
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $792.76
Fidelis CHP $792.76
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $792.76
Senior Whole Health MAP $792.76
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $792.76
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $808.62
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $808.62
VNSNY MAP $808.62
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $808.62
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $808.62
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $808.62
Affinity CHP $832.40
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $872.04
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $872.04
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $934.93
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $934.93
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $934.93
VACCN All Products $934.93
VNSNY Medicare SNP $934.93
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $954.07
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $954.07
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $972.32
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $979.37
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $990.95
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $990.95
ANTHEM EPO $1,058.87
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $1,058.87
ANTHEM PPO $1,058.87
ANTHEM HMO $1,058.87
Healthfirst Small Group $1,087.29
Fidelis EXCHANGE $1,327.60
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,402.39
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,402.39
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,624.16
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,624.16
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,624.16
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,783.71
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,783.71
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,783.71
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,783.71
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,783.71
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,783.71
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $1,869.85

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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $291.18 – $2,952.47
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $291.18 – $1,906.18
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $925.92 $0.01 – $2,778.79
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $916.54 $181.99 – $2,952.47
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $739.80 $348.50 – $2,420.90
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $925.92 $180.64 – $1,402.39
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $925.92 $181.99 – $2,952.47
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $289.02 – $1,906.18

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