Hair analysis 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

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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.

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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.

$6.00 with MetroPlus vs $144.04 with Aetna — 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
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $6.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $6.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $6.00
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $6.11
OXFORD Liberty $6.11
OXFORD Freedom $6.11
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $17.05
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $17.05
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $17.60
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $19.00
ANTHEM HMO $19.00
ANTHEM PPO $19.00
ANTHEM EPO $19.00
Healthfirst CHP $41.95
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $41.95
Healthfirst HARP $41.95
MetroPlus CHP $50.54
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $50.54
MetroPlus SNP $50.54
MetroPlus Gold $50.54
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $50.54
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $50.54
UNITED Managed Medicaid $50.54
UNITED HARP $50.54
Fidelis CHP $50.54
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $50.54
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $50.54
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $50.54
Carelon GHI BMP $50.54
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $50.54
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $51.55
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $51.55
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $51.55
VNSNY MAP $51.55
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $51.55
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $54.08
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $55.59
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $63.18
UNITED CHP $63.18
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $68.23
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $68.23
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $80.86
Healthfirst Small Group $82.38
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $113.72
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $113.72
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $113.72
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $113.72
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $113.72
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $113.72
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $113.72
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $113.72
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $113.72
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $113.72
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $144.04

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Hair analysis at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $6.00 – $144.04
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $6.00 – $144.04
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $6.00 – $107.61
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $6.00 – $144.04
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $6.00 – $144.04
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $6.00 – $144.04
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $6.00 – $144.04
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $6.00 – $107.61

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