Preparation for bladder xray 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.

$102.00

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.

$23.71 with PB - ANTHEM vs $1,313.37 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 - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $23.71
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $37.00
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.45
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $46.63
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.63
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.00
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $51.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $53.80
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $53.80
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $53.80
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $56.10
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.20
Fidelis MAP $62.57
PB - AFFINITY CHP $71.40
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $71.40
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $82.99
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $484.49
Healthfirst CHP $484.49
Healthfirst HARP $484.49
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $583.72
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $583.72
MetroPlus SNP $583.72
MetroPlus Gold $583.72
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $583.72
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $583.72
MetroPlus HARP $583.72
MetroPlus CHP $583.72
UNITED Managed Medicaid $583.72
UNITED HARP $583.72
Fidelis CHP $583.72
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $583.72
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $583.72
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $583.72
Carelon GHI BMP $583.72
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $595.39
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $595.39
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $595.39
VNSNY MAP $595.39
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $595.39
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $624.58
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $642.09
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $729.65
UNITED CHP $729.65
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $788.02
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $788.02
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $933.95
Healthfirst Small Group $951.46
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,313.37
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,313.37
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,313.37
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,313.37
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,313.37
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,313.37
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,313.37
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,313.37
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,313.37
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,313.37
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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Preparation for bladder xray at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $23.71 – $62.57
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $43.45 – $62.57
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Cortlandt Manor $635.00 $388.62 – $806.40
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $23.71 – $61.04
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $42.39 – $61.04
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $43.45 – $62.57
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $43.45 – $62.57
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $23.71 – $61.01

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