Specimen fat stain at North Central Bronx
3424 Kossuth Ave, Bronx, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1023024882
$5.88
Cash price 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 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.
$4.16 with Aetna vs $142.13 with Healthfirst — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | $4.16 | ↓ -29% |
| Hamaspik | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.70 | ↓ -20% |
| Healthfirst | Medicare Advantage PPO | $4.88 | ↓ -17% |
| Healthfirst | MAP | $5.76 | ↓ -2% |
| Healthfirst | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.76 | ↓ -2% |
| VACCN | All Products | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Senior Whole Health | MLTC | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Senior Whole Health | MAP | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Fidelis | MAP | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| VNSNY | Medicare SNP | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| VNSNY | Medicare Advantage | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Amidacare | Managed Medicaid | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Centerlight | PACE | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| EMBLEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Local 1199 | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.00 | ↑ +2% |
| OXFORD | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.17 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.17 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.30 | ↑ +7% |
| OXFORD | Freedom | $6.30 | ↑ +7% |
| OXFORD | Liberty | $6.30 | ↑ +7% |
| MetroPlus | MAP | $6.64 | ↑ +13% |
| MetroPlus | EXCHANGE | $6.64 | ↑ +13% |
| MetroPlus | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.64 | ↑ +13% |
| MAGNACARE | PPO FPP | $7.06 | ↑ +20% |
| MAGNACARE | PPO Non-FPP | $7.06 | ↑ +20% |
| MAGNACARE | Direct Plus Non-FPP | $7.06 | ↑ +20% |
| MAGNACARE | Direct Plus FPP | $7.06 | ↑ +20% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $7.12 | ↑ +21% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $7.12 | ↑ +21% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $7.12 | ↑ +21% |
| Wellcare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.70 | ↑ +48% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.82 | ↑ +50% |
| VillageCare Max | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.82 | ↑ +50% |
| VillageCare Max | MAP | $8.82 | ↑ +50% |
| Elderplan | MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC | $11.76 | ↑ +100% |
| CIGNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $14.53 | ↑ +147% |
| ANTHEM | Small Group EPO_PPO | $16.29 | ↑ +177% |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Small Group | $16.29 | ↑ +177% |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Large Group | $16.76 | ↑ +185% |
| ANTHEM | INDEMNITY | $18.11 | ↑ +208% |
| ANTHEM | HMO | $18.11 | ↑ +208% |
| ANTHEM | EPO | $18.11 | ↑ +208% |
| ANTHEM | PPO | $18.11 | ↑ +208% |
| Healthfirst | CHP | $52.44 | ↑ +792% |
| Healthfirst | HARP | $52.44 | ↑ +792% |
| Healthfirst | Managed Medicaid | $52.44 | ↑ +792% |
| Fidelis | HARP_Managed Medicaid | $63.17 | ↑ +974% |
| Fidelis | CHP | $63.17 | ↑ +974% |
| Carelon | Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP | $63.17 | ↑ +974% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | EXCHANGE | $63.17 | ↑ +974% |
| UNITED | HARP | $63.17 | ↑ +974% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $63.17 | ↑ +974% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $63.17 | ↑ +974% |
| Carelon | GHI BMP | $63.18 | ↑ +974% |
| MetroPlus | CHP | $63.18 | ↑ +974% |
| MetroPlus | HARP | $63.18 | ↑ +974% |
| MetroPlus | Managed Medicaid | $63.18 | ↑ +974% |
| MetroPlus | Gold | $63.18 | ↑ +974% |
| Carelon | Commercial_Essential Plans | $63.18 | ↑ +974% |
| MetroPlus | SNP | $63.18 | ↑ +974% |
| MetroPlus | Goldcare 1 & 2 | $63.18 | ↑ +974% |
| VNSNY | Medicaid SNP | $64.43 | ↑ +996% |
| Carelon (Amida Care) | Managed Medicaid | $64.43 | ↑ +996% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | CHP | $64.43 | ↑ +996% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | HARP | $64.43 | ↑ +996% |
| VNSNY | MAP | $64.43 | ↑ +996% |
| UNITED | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $67.59 | ↑ +1049% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Essential Plan | $69.49 | ↑ +1082% |
| UNITED | CHP | $78.98 | ↑ +1243% |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 3-4 | $78.98 | ↑ +1243% |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 1-2 | $85.29 | ↑ +1351% |
| Emblem | Essential Plan 200-250 | $85.29 | ↑ +1351% |
| Healthfirst | EXCHANGE | $101.09 | ↑ +1619% |
| Healthfirst | Small Group | $102.98 | ↑ +1651% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 1-2 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 1-2 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 3-4 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 200-250 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
| Fidelis | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 3-4 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 200-250 | $142.13 | ↑ +2317% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $5.88 | $4.70 – $14.53 |
| Jacobi Medical Center | Bronx | $5.88 | $4.16 – $14.53 |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $5.88 | $3.20 – $14.53 |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $5.88 | $4.70 – $14.53 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $5.88 | $3.20 – $14.53 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $5.88 | $4.70 – $14.53 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $5.88 | $3.20 – $14.53 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $5.88 | $3.20 – $14.53 |