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Knee MRI (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.

$189.15 with Healthfirst vs $1,192.28 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 $189.15
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $189.15
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $196.25
Healthfirst MAP $196.25
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $196.25
Healthfirst CHP $212.80
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $236.44
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $236.44
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $255.36
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $286.04
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $286.04
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $286.04
VACCN All Products $286.04
VNSNY Medicare SNP $286.04
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $297.48
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $301.97
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $301.97
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $301.97
Fidelis MAP $340.47
Fidelis EXCHANGE $406.18
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $429.06
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $429.06
MetroPlus HARP $482.89
UNITED HARP $500.00
UNITED Managed Medicaid $500.00
OXFORD Freedom $522.09
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $522.09
OXFORD Liberty $522.09
UNITED EXCHANGE $522.09
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $529.90
MetroPlus CHP $529.90
Senior Whole Health MLTC $529.90
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $529.90
UNITED CHP $529.90
MetroPlus Gold $529.90
MetroPlus SNP $529.90
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $529.90
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $529.90
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $529.90
Fidelis CHP $529.90
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $529.90
Senior Whole Health MAP $529.90
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $529.90
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $535.00
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $538.01
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $538.01
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $540.50
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $540.50
VNSNY MAP $540.50
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $540.50
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $540.50
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $540.50
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $552.27
Affinity CHP $556.40
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $572.08
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $582.89
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $582.89
ANTHEM EPO $597.10
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $597.10
ANTHEM PPO $597.10
ANTHEM HMO $597.10
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $611.33
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $662.38
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $662.38
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $681.75
Healthfirst Small Group $725.19
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,086.50
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,086.50
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,086.50
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,192.28
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,192.28
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,192.28
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,192.28
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,192.28
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,192.28

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Knee MRI (without contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $189.15 – $1,702.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $163.87 – $1,702.00
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $283.37 $115.24 – $1,308.61
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $280.50 $118.22 – $1,702.00
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $685.80 $221.13 – $1,028.70
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $283.37 $117.19 – $1,390.40
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $283.37 $118.22 – $1,702.00
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $163.87 – $1,702.00

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