Protein western blot tissue 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

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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.

$21.45 with Aetna vs $239.87 with Affinity — 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
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $21.45
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $26.90
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $26.90
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $26.90
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $31.00
OXFORD Freedom $32.44
OXFORD Liberty $32.44
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $32.44
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $55.69
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $76.01
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $76.01
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $78.20
ANTHEM EPO $84.52
ANTHEM HMO $84.52
ANTHEM PPO $84.52
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $84.52
Healthfirst CHP $88.49
Healthfirst HARP $88.49
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $88.49
Fidelis CHP $106.61
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $106.61
UNITED Managed Medicaid $106.61
UNITED HARP $106.61
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $106.61
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $106.61
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $106.61
Carelon GHI BMP $106.62
MetroPlus CHP $106.62
MetroPlus HARP $106.62
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $106.62
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $106.62
MetroPlus Gold $106.62
MetroPlus SNP $106.62
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $106.62
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $108.74
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $108.74
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $108.74
VNSNY MAP $108.74
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $108.74
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $114.07
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $117.27
UNITED CHP $133.28
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $133.28
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $143.94
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $143.94
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $170.59
Healthfirst Small Group $173.79
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $239.87
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $239.87
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $239.87
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $239.87
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $239.87
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $239.87
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $239.87
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $239.87
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $239.87
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $239.87

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Protein western blot tissue at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $26.90 – $76.83
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $21.45 – $76.01
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $16.50 – $76.83
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $26.90 – $76.56
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $16.50 – $76.56
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $26.90 – $76.56
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $16.50 – $77.11
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $16.50 – $76.56

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