Lumbar diskogram s&i at North Central Bronx

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,310.83

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.

$5,355.40

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.

$1.00 with UNITED vs $4,552.09 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
UNITED EXCHANGE $1.00 ↓ -100%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $126.39 ↓ -95%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $126.39 ↓ -95%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.39 ↓ -95%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $173.06 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $179.30 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $179.30 ↓ -92%
Fidelis MAP $182.00 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $184.48 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM HMO $199.37 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM EPO $199.37 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $199.37 ↓ -91%
ANTHEM PPO $199.37 ↓ -91%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $596.78 ↓ -74%
Healthfirst HARP $596.78 ↓ -74%
Healthfirst CHP $596.78 ↓ -74%
Fidelis CHP $719.01 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus HARP $719.01 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus CHP $719.01 ↓ -69%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $719.01 ↓ -69%
Carelon GHI BMP $719.01 ↓ -69%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $719.01 ↓ -69%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $719.01 ↓ -69%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $719.01 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus SNP $719.01 ↓ -69%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $719.01 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus Gold $719.01 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $719.01 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $719.01 ↓ -69%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $719.01 ↓ -69%
UNITED HARP $719.01 ↓ -69%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $733.39 ↓ -68%
VNSNY MAP $733.39 ↓ -68%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $733.39 ↓ -68%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $733.39 ↓ -68%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $733.39 ↓ -68%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $769.34 ↓ -67%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $790.91 ↓ -66%
UNITED CHP $898.76 ↓ -61%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $898.76 ↓ -61%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $970.66 ↓ -58%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $970.66 ↓ -58%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $1,150.42 ↓ -50%
Healthfirst Small Group $1,171.99 ↓ -49%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $1,193.00 ↓ -48%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,617.77 ↓ -30%
OXFORD Liberty $2,256.30 ↓ -2%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $2,256.30 ↓ -2%
OXFORD Freedom $2,256.30 ↓ -2%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,310.83 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $2,310.83 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,310.83 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $2,310.83 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $2,310.83 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $2,310.83 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $2,310.83 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,310.83 ↑ +0%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,388.80 ↑ +3%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $2,388.80 ↑ +3%
Healthfirst MAP $2,388.80 ↑ +3%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,426.37 ↑ +5%
Centerlight PACE $2,437.56 ↑ +5%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $2,437.56 ↑ +5%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $2,437.56 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,495.70 ↑ +8%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,559.43 ↑ +11%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,754.44 ↑ +19%
MetroPlus MAP $2,754.44 ↑ +19%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $2,754.44 ↑ +19%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $3,281.38 ↑ +42%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $3,481.01 ↑ +51%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $3,656.33 ↑ +58%
VillageCare Max MAP $3,656.33 ↑ +58%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,656.33 ↑ +58%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $4,016.55 ↑ +74%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $4,016.55 ↑ +74%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $4,016.55 ↑ +74%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $4,016.55 ↑ +74%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $4,552.09 ↑ +97%
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $2,310.83 $1.00 – $3,656.33
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx $2,310.83 $1.00 – $3,656.33
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Harlem Hospital Center New York $2,310.83 $1.00 – $3,656.33
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $2,310.83 $1.00 – $3,656.33
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $2,310.83 $1.00 – $3,656.33
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $2,310.83 $1.00 – $3,656.33
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $2,310.83 $1.00 – $3,656.33

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