Susceptibility agar dilution per agent 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

$4.75

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.

$19.92

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.

$1.00 with UNITED vs $106.72 with Affinity — 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
UNITED EXCHANGE $1.00 ↓ -79%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3.53 ↓ -26%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.53 ↓ -26%
Healthfirst MAP $4.66 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $4.66 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.66 ↓ -2%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $4.75 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.75 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.75 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $4.75 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.75 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $4.75 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $4.75 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $4.75 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $4.75 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $4.75 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $4.75 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.75 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $4.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.99 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.99 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.13 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $5.37 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.37 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $5.37 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $5.70 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $5.70 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $5.70 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $5.70 ↑ +20%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.00 ↑ +26%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $6.00 ↑ +26%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $6.14 ↑ +29%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $6.60 ↑ +39%
OXFORD Freedom $6.93 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $6.93 ↑ +46%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $6.93 ↑ +46%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $7.00 ↑ +47%
VillageCare Max MAP $7.13 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.13 ↑ +50%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $7.13 ↑ +50%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.20 ↑ +52%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $8.40 ↑ +77%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $8.40 ↑ +77%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $12.11 ↑ +155%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $12.11 ↑ +155%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↑ +173%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $15.94 ↑ +236%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $15.94 ↑ +236%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $15.94 ↑ +236%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $16.35 ↑ +244%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $16.35 ↑ +244%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $16.88 ↑ +255%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $16.93 ↑ +256%
ANTHEM PPO $18.22 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $18.22 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM EPO $18.22 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM HMO $18.22 ↑ +284%
Healthfirst HARP $39.38 ↑ +729%
Healthfirst CHP $39.38 ↑ +729%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $39.38 ↑ +729%
UNITED HARP $47.43 ↑ +899%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $47.43 ↑ +899%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $47.43 ↑ +899%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $47.43 ↑ +899%
Fidelis CHP $47.43 ↑ +899%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $47.43 ↑ +899%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $47.43 ↑ +899%
MetroPlus SNP $47.44 ↑ +899%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $47.44 ↑ +899%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $47.44 ↑ +899%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $47.44 ↑ +899%
MetroPlus Gold $47.44 ↑ +899%
Carelon GHI BMP $47.44 ↑ +899%
MetroPlus HARP $47.44 ↑ +899%
MetroPlus CHP $47.44 ↑ +899%
VNSNY MAP $48.38 ↑ +919%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $48.38 ↑ +919%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $48.38 ↑ +919%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $48.38 ↑ +919%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $48.38 ↑ +919%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $50.75 ↑ +968%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $52.17 ↑ +998%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $59.30 ↑ +1148%
UNITED CHP $59.30 ↑ +1148%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $64.04 ↑ +1248%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $64.04 ↑ +1248%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $75.90 ↑ +1498%
Healthfirst Small Group $77.33 ↑ +1528%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $106.72 ↑ +2147%
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital

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Susceptibility agar dilution per agent at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $4.75 $1.00 – $12.11
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $4.75 $1.00 – $12.11
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $133.00 $3.33 – $44.36
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $4.75 $1.00 – $12.11
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4.75 $1.00 – $12.11
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4.75 $1.00 – $12.11
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4.75 $1.00 – $12.11
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $21.00 $4.75 – $31.50

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