Temperature gradient studies 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

$185.15

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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.

$8.46 with Aetna vs $321.24 with Elderplan — 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 $8.46 ↓ -95%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.46 ↓ -95%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $10.63 ↓ -94%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $10.63 ↓ -94%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $10.63 ↓ -94%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $133.32 ↓ -28%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $148.12 ↓ -20%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $157.41 ↓ -15%
Healthfirst MAP $157.41 ↓ -15%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $160.62 ↓ -13%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $160.62 ↓ -13%
Centerlight PACE $160.62 ↓ -13%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $168.65 ↓ -9%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $181.50 ↓ -2%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $181.50 ↓ -2%
MetroPlus MAP $181.50 ↓ -2%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $185.15 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $185.15 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $185.15 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $185.15 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $185.15 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $185.15 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $194.41 ↑ +5%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $222.18 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $222.18 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $222.18 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $222.18 ↑ +20%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $240.93 ↑ +30%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $240.93 ↑ +30%
VillageCare Max MAP $240.93 ↑ +30%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $262.91 ↑ +42%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $274.02 ↑ +48%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $277.72 ↑ +50%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $321.24 ↑ +74%

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Temperature gradient studies at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $185.15 $8.46 – $321.24
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx $185.15 $8.46 – $321.24
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $329.00 $8.00 – $194.40
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $185.15 $6.97 – $321.24
Harlem Hospital Center New York $185.15 $8.31 – $321.24
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $185.15 $6.97 – $321.24
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $185.15 $8.46 – $321.24
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $185.15 $6.97 – $321.24

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