Repair of spinal herniation 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.

$4,535.00

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.

$751.88 with PB - ANTHEM vs $8,681.72 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 $751.88
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,278.00
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,278.00
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,510.67
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,510.67
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,812.17
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $2,223.64
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $2,223.64
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $2,223.64
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,267.50
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $2,267.50
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,494.25
Fidelis MAP $2,609.52
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,721.00
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $3,174.50
PB - AFFINITY CHP $3,174.50
Healthfirst CHP $3,202.59
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $3,202.59
Healthfirst HARP $3,202.59
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3,461.24
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,858.54
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $3,858.54
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $3,858.54
Carelon GHI BMP $3,858.54
MetroPlus CHP $3,858.54
MetroPlus HARP $3,858.54
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $3,858.54
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $3,858.54
MetroPlus Gold $3,858.54
MetroPlus SNP $3,858.54
UNITED HARP $3,858.54
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,858.54
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $3,858.54
Fidelis CHP $3,858.54
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $3,858.54
VNSNY MAP $3,935.71
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $3,935.71
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $3,935.71
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $3,935.71
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $3,935.71
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $4,128.64
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $4,244.39
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $4,823.18
UNITED CHP $4,823.18
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $5,209.03
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $5,209.03
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $6,173.66
Healthfirst Small Group $6,289.42
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $8,681.72
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $8,681.72
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $8,681.72
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $8,681.72
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $8,681.72
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $8,681.72
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $8,681.72
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $8,681.72
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $8,681.72
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $8,681.72
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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Repair of spinal herniation at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $751.88 – $2,609.52
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $1,278.00 – $2,609.52
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $751.88 – $2,488.02
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $1,278.00 – $2,488.02
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $1,278.00 – $2,609.52
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $1,278.00 – $2,609.52
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $751.88 – $2,438.32
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $1,278.00 – $2,609.52

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