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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at Kings County Hospital Center

451 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1043224355

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$440.22

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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$717.00

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.

$143.44 with Healthfirst vs $1,567.40 with Healthfirst — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Primary Services $143.44 ↓ -67%
Healthfirst HARP $229.50 ↓ -48%
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Specialist Services $229.50 ↓ -48%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $229.50 ↓ -48%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $238.10 ↓ -46%
Healthfirst MAP $238.10 ↓ -46%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $238.10 ↓ -46%
Affinity CHP $252.45 ↓ -43%
Healthfirst CHP $258.18 ↓ -41%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Specialist Services $266.79 ↓ -39%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Primary Services $281.13 ↓ -36%
Anthem HealthPlus HARP $286.87 ↓ -35%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $286.87 ↓ -35%
Anthem HealthPlus MLTC $286.87 ↓ -35%
Elderplan MAP $286.87 ↓ -35%
Anthem HealthPlus MAP $286.87 ↓ -35%
Healthfirst Small Group $286.87 ↓ -35%
Fidelis Managed Medicaid $286.87 ↓ -35%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $286.87 ↓ -35%
Centerlight PACE $286.87 ↓ -35%
Fidelis CHP $286.87 ↓ -35%
Elderplan MLTC $286.87 ↓ -35%
Fidelis FHP $286.87 ↓ -35%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $286.87 ↓ -35%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $291.17 ↓ -34%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living Medicare Advantage $298.34 ↓ -32%
Hamaspik Medicare Advantage $301.21 ↓ -32%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $309.82 ↓ -30%
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $315.56 ↓ -28%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage $337.50 ↓ -23%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $344.24 ↓ -22%
Oscar All Products $358.59 ↓ -19%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $368.53 ↓ -16%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $368.53 ↓ -16%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $368.53 ↓ -16%
Aetna All Products $370.50 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $370.50 ↓ -16%
Fidelis QHC $382.25 ↓ -13%
Fidelis MAP $413.09 ↓ -6%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $422.61 ↓ -4%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61 ↓ -4%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61 ↓ -4%
VACCN All Products $422.61 ↓ -4%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $422.61 ↓ -4%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.52 ↓ -0%
Anthem HealthPlus Exchange $441.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED HARP $500.00 ↑ +14%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $500.00 ↑ +14%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $516.37 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $516.37 ↑ +17%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $535.00 ↑ +22%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $600.11 ↑ +36%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $611.33 ↑ +39%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $633.92 ↑ +44%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.92 ↑ +44%
MetroPlus HARP $636.42 ↑ +45%
OXFORD Freedom $641.12 ↑ +46%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $641.12 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $641.12 ↑ +46%
UNITED EXCHANGE $641.12 ↑ +46%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $681.75 ↑ +55%
Local 1199 All Products $684.00 ↑ +55%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $696.62 ↑ +58%
MetroPlus CHP $696.62 ↑ +58%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $696.62 ↑ +58%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $696.62 ↑ +58%
MetroPlus Gold $696.62 ↑ +58%
MetroPlus SNP $696.62 ↑ +58%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $696.62 ↑ +58%
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $696.62 ↑ +58%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $696.62 ↑ +58%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $696.62 ↑ +58%
Senior Whole Health MAP $696.62 ↑ +58%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $696.62 ↑ +58%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $710.55 ↑ +61%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $710.55 ↑ +61%
VNSNY MAP $710.55 ↑ +61%
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $710.55 ↑ +61%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $710.55 ↑ +61%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $710.55 ↑ +61%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $766.28 ↑ +74%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $845.23 ↑ +92%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $870.78 ↑ +98%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $870.78 ↑ +98%
UNITED CHP $870.78 ↑ +98%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $910.44 ↑ +107%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $910.44 ↑ +107%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $937.82 ↑ +113%
ANTHEM EPO $1,013.12 ↑ +130%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $1,013.12 ↑ +130%
ANTHEM PPO $1,013.12 ↑ +130%
ANTHEM HMO $1,013.12 ↑ +130%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,431.95 ↑ +225%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,431.95 ↑ +225%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,431.95 ↑ +225%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,567.40 ↑ +256%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,567.40 ↑ +256%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,567.40 ↑ +256%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,567.40 ↑ +256%
United Behavioral Health Exchange not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health All Products not published by hospital

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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $444.73 $143.44 – $1,761.91
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $229.50 – $1,702.00
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $444.73 $0.01 – $1,702.00
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $737.40 $269.26 – $1,106.10
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $444.73 $142.23 – $1,761.91
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $166.88 – $1,285.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $223.64 – $845.23
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $167.93 – $1,761.91

All New-york hospitals for this procedure →