Contrst x-ray uppr gi tract 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.

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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.

$132.00 with Local 1199 vs $757.82 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.

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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
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $132.00
Healthfirst HARP $279.55
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $279.55
Healthfirst CHP $279.55
MetroPlus SNP $336.81
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $336.81
MetroPlus Gold $336.81
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $336.81
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $336.81
Carelon GHI BMP $336.81
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $336.81
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $336.81
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $336.81
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $336.81
Fidelis CHP $336.81
MetroPlus HARP $336.81
MetroPlus CHP $336.81
UNITED Managed Medicaid $336.81
UNITED HARP $336.81
VNSNY MAP $343.55
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $343.55
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $343.55
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $343.55
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $343.55
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $360.39
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $370.49
UNITED CHP $421.01
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $421.01
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $454.69
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $454.69
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $460.29
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $460.29
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $475.14
ANTHEM HMO $513.09
ANTHEM PPO $513.09
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $513.09
ANTHEM EPO $513.09
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $538.90
Healthfirst Small Group $549.00
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $757.82
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $757.82
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $757.82
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $757.82
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $757.82
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $757.82
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $757.82
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $757.82
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $757.82
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $757.82
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $757.82
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $757.82
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $757.82

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Contrst x-ray uppr gi tract at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $132.00 – $460.29
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $132.00 – $460.29
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $132.00 – $461.94
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $132.00 – $460.29
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $132.00 – $461.94
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $132.00 – $460.29
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $132.00 – $463.59
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $132.00 – $456.99

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