Corneal smear at Woodhull Medical Center

760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1467469023

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

$472.21

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.

$1,433.39

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $1,146.71 with MULTIPLAN — 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
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $54.65 ↓ -88%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $91.00 ↓ -81%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $91.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.56 ↓ -76%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.50 ↓ -74%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $123.50 ↓ -74%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $135.30 ↓ -71%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $135.30 ↓ -71%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $135.85 ↓ -71%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $148.20 ↓ -69%
Fidelis MAP $163.53 ↓ -65%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $172.90 ↓ -63%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $172.90 ↓ -63%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $204.08 ↓ -57%
Healthfirst HARP $204.08 ↓ -57%
Healthfirst CHP $204.08 ↓ -57%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $225.00 ↓ -52%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $245.88 ↓ -48%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $245.88 ↓ -48%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $245.88 ↓ -48%
UNITED HARP $245.88 ↓ -48%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $245.88 ↓ -48%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $245.88 ↓ -48%
Carelon GHI BMP $245.88 ↓ -48%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $245.88 ↓ -48%
Fidelis CHP $245.88 ↓ -48%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $245.88 ↓ -48%
MetroPlus SNP $245.88 ↓ -48%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $245.88 ↓ -48%
MetroPlus CHP $245.88 ↓ -48%
MetroPlus HARP $245.88 ↓ -48%
MetroPlus Gold $245.88 ↓ -48%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $250.80 ↓ -47%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $250.80 ↓ -47%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $250.80 ↓ -47%
VNSNY MAP $250.80 ↓ -47%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $250.80 ↓ -47%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $257.00 ↓ -46%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $263.09 ↓ -44%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $270.47 ↓ -43%
UNITED CHP $307.35 ↓ -35%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $330.00 ↓ -30%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -30%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $330.00 ↓ -30%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -30%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $332.00 ↓ -30%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $332.00 ↓ -30%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $335.11 ↓ -29%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $335.11 ↓ -29%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $345.92 ↓ -27%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $368.82 ↓ -22%
ANTHEM HMO $373.54 ↓ -21%
ANTHEM EPO $373.54 ↓ -21%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $373.54 ↓ -21%
ANTHEM PPO $373.54 ↓ -21%
OXFORD Liberty $380.00 ↓ -20%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $393.41 ↓ -17%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $393.41 ↓ -17%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $393.41 ↓ -17%
Healthfirst Small Group $400.78 ↓ -15%
OXFORD Freedom $431.00 ↓ -9%
Healthfirst MAP $462.84 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $462.84 ↓ -2%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $472.21 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $472.21 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $472.21 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $472.21 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $472.21 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $472.21 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $472.21 ↑ +0%
UNITED EXCHANGE $480.00 ↑ +2%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $495.82 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $509.98 ↑ +8%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $529.00 ↑ +12%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $553.23 ↑ +17%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $553.23 ↑ +17%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $553.23 ↑ +17%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $553.23 ↑ +17%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $557.64 ↑ +18%
Centerlight PACE $557.64 ↑ +18%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $557.64 ↑ +18%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $585.52 ↑ +24%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $590.26 ↑ +25%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $630.13 ↑ +33%
MetroPlus MAP $630.13 ↑ +33%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $630.13 ↑ +33%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $645.00 ↑ +37%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $670.54 ↑ +42%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.46 ↑ +77%
VillageCare Max MAP $836.46 ↑ +77%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $931.70 ↑ +97%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,146.71 ↑ +143%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital —
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital —
Affinity CHP not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital —
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital —
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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