Clearance of airways 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

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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.

$201.00

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.

$55.85 with PB - ANTHEM vs $1,094.60 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
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $55.85
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $86.42
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $92.20
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $92.20
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.50
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $100.50
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $106.27
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $106.27
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $106.27
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $108.00
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $108.00
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $110.55
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $120.60
Fidelis MAP $124.44
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $140.70
PB - AFFINITY CHP $140.70
Healthfirst HARP $403.79
Healthfirst CHP $403.79
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $403.79
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $486.49
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $486.49
MetroPlus SNP $486.49
MetroPlus Gold $486.49
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $486.49
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $486.49
MetroPlus HARP $486.49
MetroPlus CHP $486.49
UNITED Managed Medicaid $486.49
UNITED HARP $486.49
Fidelis CHP $486.49
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $486.49
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $486.49
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $486.49
Carelon GHI BMP $486.49
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $496.22
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $496.22
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $496.22
VNSNY MAP $496.22
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $496.22
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $520.54
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $535.14
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $608.11
UNITED CHP $608.11
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $656.76
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $656.76
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $778.38
Healthfirst Small Group $792.98
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,094.60
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,094.60
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,094.60
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,094.60
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,094.60
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,094.60
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,094.60
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,094.60
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,094.60
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,094.60
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital

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Clearance of airways at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $55.85 – $124.44
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $86.42 – $124.44
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $55.85 – $121.92
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $84.67 – $121.92
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $86.42 – $124.44
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $86.42 – $124.44
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $55.85 – $121.20
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $86.42 – $124.44

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