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Skin Biopsy 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.

$33.58 with Healthfirst vs $1,707.48 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 $33.58
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $33.58
Healthfirst CHP $37.77
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $41.97
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $41.97
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.33
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.14
Healthfirst MAP $60.14
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $60.14
Fidelis MAP $60.44
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $146.64
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $146.64
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $146.64
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $235.13
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $235.13
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $235.13
VACCN All Products $235.13
VNSNY Medicare SNP $235.13
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $244.54
Fidelis EXCHANGE $333.88
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $352.70
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $352.70
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $470.27
MetroPlus HARP $691.05
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $758.88
UNITED HARP $758.88
MetroPlus CHP $758.88
Senior Whole Health MLTC $758.88
UNITED Managed Medicaid $758.88
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $758.88
UNITED CHP $758.88
MetroPlus Gold $758.88
MetroPlus SNP $758.88
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $758.88
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $758.88
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $758.88
Fidelis CHP $758.88
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $758.88
Senior Whole Health MAP $758.88
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $758.88
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $774.06
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $774.06
VNSNY MAP $774.06
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $774.06
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $774.06
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $774.06
Affinity CHP $796.82
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $812.00
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $834.77
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $834.77
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $948.60
Healthfirst Small Group $1,040.61
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $1,138.32
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $1,214.21
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,554.86
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,554.86
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,554.86
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,707.48
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,707.48
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,707.48
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,707.48
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,707.48
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,707.48

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Skin Biopsy at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $0.01 – $802.77
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $0.01 – $779.20
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $231.52 $0.01 – $795.99
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $229.17 $0.01 – $796.10
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $326.40 $31.36 – $2,904.64
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $231.52 $0.01 – $791.80
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $231.52 $0.01 – $669.68
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $0.01 – $776.92

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