Fit spectacles bifocal 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.

$55.00

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.

$20.62 with PB - AETNA vs $319.16 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 - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $20.62
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $24.24
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.03
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.50
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $27.50
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $30.25
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.00
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.24
Fidelis MAP $36.04
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $38.50
PB - AFFINITY CHP $38.50
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $47.81
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $53.00
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $53.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $56.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $56.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $56.00
Healthfirst CHP $117.74
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $117.74
Healthfirst HARP $117.74
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $141.85
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $141.85
MetroPlus Gold $141.85
MetroPlus CHP $141.85
UNITED Managed Medicaid $141.85
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $141.85
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $141.85
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $141.85
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $141.85
Carelon GHI BMP $141.85
UNITED HARP $141.85
MetroPlus HARP $141.85
MetroPlus SNP $141.85
Fidelis CHP $141.85
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $141.85
VNSNY MAP $144.69
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $144.69
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $144.69
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $144.69
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $144.69
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $151.78
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $156.04
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $177.31
UNITED CHP $177.31
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $191.50
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $191.50
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $226.96
Healthfirst Small Group $231.22
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $319.16
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $319.16
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $319.16
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $319.16
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $319.16
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $319.16
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $319.16
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $319.16
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $319.16
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $319.16
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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Fit spectacles bifocal at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $24.24 – $56.00
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $25.03 – $56.00
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $20.62 – $56.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $24.59 – $56.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $25.03 – $56.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $25.03 – $56.00
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $24.24 – $56.00
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $25.03 – $56.00

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