Culture bacteria anaerobic at South Brooklyn Health

2601 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1124032982

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$9.66

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.

$34.60

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 $111.31 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 ↓ -90%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $9.47 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MAP $9.47 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↓ -2%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $9.66 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $9.66 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $9.66 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MAP $9.66 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $9.66 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $9.66 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $9.66 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $9.66 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $9.66 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.66 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.14 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.14 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.43 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus MAP $10.92 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $10.92 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.92 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $11.59 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $11.59 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $11.59 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $11.59 ↑ +20%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $12.20 ↑ +26%
OXFORD Liberty $13.77 ↑ +43%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $13.77 ↑ +43%
OXFORD Freedom $13.77 ↑ +43%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $14.49 ↑ +50%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $22.49 ↑ +133%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $24.21 ↑ +151%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $27.68 ↑ +187%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $27.68 ↑ +187%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $27.68 ↑ +187%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $29.41 ↑ +204%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $32.53 ↑ +237%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $32.53 ↑ +237%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $33.58 ↑ +248%
ANTHEM HMO $36.26 ↑ +275%
ANTHEM EPO $36.26 ↑ +275%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $36.26 ↑ +275%
ANTHEM PPO $36.26 ↑ +275%
Healthfirst HARP $41.07 ↑ +325%
Healthfirst CHP $41.07 ↑ +325%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $41.07 ↑ +325%
Fidelis CHP $49.47 ↑ +412%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $49.47 ↑ +412%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $49.47 ↑ +412%
UNITED HARP $49.47 ↑ +412%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $49.47 ↑ +412%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $49.47 ↑ +412%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $49.47 ↑ +412%
MetroPlus Gold $49.48 ↑ +412%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $49.48 ↑ +412%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $49.48 ↑ +412%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $49.48 ↑ +412%
MetroPlus CHP $49.48 ↑ +412%
Carelon GHI BMP $49.48 ↑ +412%
MetroPlus SNP $49.48 ↑ +412%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $50.46 ↑ +422%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $50.46 ↑ +422%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $50.46 ↑ +422%
VNSNY MAP $50.46 ↑ +422%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $50.46 ↑ +422%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $52.93 ↑ +448%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $54.42 ↑ +463%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $61.85 ↑ +540%
UNITED CHP $61.85 ↑ +540%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $66.80 ↑ +592%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $66.80 ↑ +592%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $79.17 ↑ +720%
Healthfirst Small Group $80.65 ↑ +735%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $111.31 ↑ +1052%
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $9.66 $1.00 – $24.21
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $9.66 $1.00 – $24.21
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Harlem Hospital Center New York $9.66 $1.00 – $24.21
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Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $9.66 $1.00 – $24.21
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