Craniofacial approach skull 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.

$6,961.00

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.

$1,527.90 with PB - ANTHEM vs $8,612.62 with Affinity — 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 $1,527.90
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $2,223.00
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $2,223.00
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,101.60
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3,123.93
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,123.93
Healthfirst HARP $3,177.10
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $3,177.10
Healthfirst CHP $3,177.10
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $3,480.50
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,480.50
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $3,827.83
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,827.83
MetroPlus SNP $3,827.83
MetroPlus Gold $3,827.83
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $3,827.83
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $3,827.83
MetroPlus HARP $3,827.83
MetroPlus CHP $3,827.83
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,827.83
UNITED HARP $3,827.83
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $3,827.83
Fidelis CHP $3,827.83
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $3,827.83
Carelon GHI BMP $3,827.83
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $3,827.83
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $3,828.55
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $3,904.39
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $3,904.39
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $3,904.39
VNSNY MAP $3,904.39
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $3,904.39
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $3,919.76
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $3,919.76
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $3,919.76
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $4,095.78
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,176.60
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $4,210.61
Fidelis MAP $4,466.30
UNITED CHP $4,784.79
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $4,784.79
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $4,872.70
PB - AFFINITY CHP $4,872.70
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $5,167.57
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $5,167.57
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $5,924.06
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $6,124.53
Healthfirst Small Group $6,239.36
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $8,612.62
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $8,612.62
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $8,612.62
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $8,612.62
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $8,612.62
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $8,612.62
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $8,612.62
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $8,612.62
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $8,612.62
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $8,612.62
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital

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Craniofacial approach skull at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $1,527.90 – $4,466.30
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $1,527.90 – $4,341.89
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $2,223.00 – $4,341.89
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $2,223.00 – $4,466.30
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $2,223.00 – $4,466.30
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $1,527.90 – $4,339.71

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