Breast punct aspir cyst, bil at Kings County Hospital Center

451 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1043224355

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

$832.60

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.

$2,302.32

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $1,765.11 with MULTIPLAN — 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
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $26.35 ↓ -97%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $37.63 ↓ -95%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.39 ↓ -94%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $49.00 ↓ -94%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $49.00 ↓ -94%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $53.00 ↓ -94%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.00 ↓ -94%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $58.30 ↓ -93%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.60 ↓ -92%
Fidelis MAP $69.68 ↓ -92%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $74.20 ↓ -91%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $74.20 ↓ -91%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.16 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $143.35 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $143.35 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $147.97 ↓ -82%
ANTHEM PPO $159.79 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM HMO $159.79 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM EPO $159.79 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $159.79 ↓ -81%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $220.50 ↓ -74%
Healthfirst MAP $220.50 ↓ -74%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $225.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $257.00 ↓ -69%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $330.00 ↓ -60%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $330.00 ↓ -60%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -60%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -60%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $332.00 ↓ -60%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $332.00 ↓ -60%
OXFORD Liberty $380.00 ↓ -54%
OXFORD Freedom $431.00 ↓ -48%
UNITED EXCHANGE $480.00 ↓ -42%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $493.00 ↓ -41%
Healthfirst CHP $526.60 ↓ -37%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $526.60 ↓ -37%
Healthfirst HARP $526.60 ↓ -37%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $529.00 ↓ -36%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $634.45 ↓ -24%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $634.45 ↓ -24%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $634.45 ↓ -24%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $634.45 ↓ -24%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $634.45 ↓ -24%
UNITED HARP $634.45 ↓ -24%
Fidelis CHP $634.45 ↓ -24%
MetroPlus Gold $634.46 ↓ -24%
MetroPlus SNP $634.46 ↓ -24%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $634.46 ↓ -24%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $634.46 ↓ -24%
MetroPlus HARP $634.46 ↓ -24%
MetroPlus CHP $634.46 ↓ -24%
Carelon GHI BMP $634.46 ↓ -24%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $634.46 ↓ -24%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $645.00 ↓ -23%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $647.14 ↓ -22%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $647.14 ↓ -22%
VNSNY MAP $647.14 ↓ -22%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $647.14 ↓ -22%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $647.14 ↓ -22%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $678.86 ↓ -18%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $697.90 ↓ -16%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $781.00 ↓ -6%
UNITED CHP $793.08 ↓ -5%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $832.60 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $832.60 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $832.60 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $832.60 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $832.60 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $832.60 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $832.60 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $874.23 ↑ +5%
Centerlight PACE $883.95 ↑ +6%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $883.95 ↑ +6%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $899.21 ↑ +8%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $928.15 ↑ +11%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $951.69 ↑ +14%
MetroPlus MAP $998.86 ↑ +20%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $998.86 ↑ +20%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $998.86 ↑ +20%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $1,015.14 ↑ +22%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $1,015.14 ↑ +22%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $1,015.14 ↑ +22%
Healthfirst Small Group $1,034.17 ↑ +24%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $1,182.29 ↑ +42%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,248.90 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MAP $1,325.93 ↑ +59%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,325.93 ↑ +59%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,427.51 ↑ +71%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,765.11 ↑ +112%
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital

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Breast punct aspir cyst, bil at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93
Harlem Hospital Center New York $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $294.60 $35.63 – $885.45
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93

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