Lab pathology consultation 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.

$25.00 with Local 1199 vs $256.95 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 $25.00
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $62.50
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $62.50
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $64.51
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $69.66
ANTHEM HMO $69.66
ANTHEM EPO $69.66
ANTHEM PPO $69.66
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $94.79
Healthfirst CHP $94.79
Healthfirst HARP $94.79
UNITED Managed Medicaid $114.20
UNITED HARP $114.20
Carelon GHI BMP $114.20
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $114.20
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $114.20
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $114.20
MetroPlus SNP $114.20
Fidelis CHP $114.20
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $114.20
MetroPlus HARP $114.20
MetroPlus CHP $114.20
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $114.20
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $114.20
MetroPlus Gold $114.20
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $114.20
VNSNY MAP $116.48
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $116.48
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $116.48
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $116.48
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $116.48
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $122.19
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $125.62
UNITED CHP $142.75
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $142.75
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $154.17
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $154.17
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $182.72
Healthfirst Small Group $186.15
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $256.95
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $256.95
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $256.95
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $256.95
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $256.95
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $256.95
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $256.95
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $256.95
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $256.95
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $256.95
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $256.95
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $256.95
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $256.95

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Lab pathology consultation at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $25.00 – $62.50
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $25.00 – $62.50
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $25.00 – $62.72
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $25.00 – $62.50
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $25.00 – $62.72
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $25.00 – $62.50
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $25.00 – $62.94
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $25.00 – $62.05

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