Culture body fluid 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

$8.62

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.

$36.10

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 $59.67 with Fidelis — 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 ↓ -88%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $6.40 ↓ -26%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.40 ↓ -26%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $8.45 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.45 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MAP $8.45 ↓ -2%
Centerlight PACE $8.62 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $8.62 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $8.62 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $8.62 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.62 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $8.62 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $8.62 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $8.62 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.62 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $8.62 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.62 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $8.62 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.62 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.05 ↑ +5%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.05 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.31 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $9.74 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $9.74 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.74 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $10.34 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $10.34 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $10.34 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $10.34 ↑ +20%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $11.00 ↑ +28%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.00 ↑ +28%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $11.14 ↑ +29%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $12.00 ↑ +39%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $12.10 ↑ +40%
OXFORD Freedom $12.57 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $12.57 ↑ +46%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $12.57 ↑ +46%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $12.93 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.93 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MAP $12.93 ↑ +50%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.20 ↑ +53%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $15.40 ↑ +79%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $15.40 ↑ +79%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $21.79 ↑ +153%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $21.79 ↑ +153%
Healthfirst HARP $22.02 ↑ +155%
Healthfirst CHP $22.02 ↑ +155%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $22.02 ↑ +155%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $23.47 ↑ +172%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $26.52 ↑ +208%
Fidelis CHP $26.52 ↑ +208%
UNITED HARP $26.52 ↑ +208%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $26.52 ↑ +208%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $26.52 ↑ +208%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $26.52 ↑ +208%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $26.52 ↑ +208%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $26.53 ↑ +208%
MetroPlus SNP $26.53 ↑ +208%
MetroPlus CHP $26.53 ↑ +208%
MetroPlus HARP $26.53 ↑ +208%
MetroPlus Gold $26.53 ↑ +208%
Carelon GHI BMP $26.53 ↑ +208%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $26.53 ↑ +208%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $26.53 ↑ +208%
VNSNY MAP $27.05 ↑ +214%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $27.05 ↑ +214%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $27.05 ↑ +214%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $27.05 ↑ +214%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $27.05 ↑ +214%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $28.38 ↑ +229%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $28.88 ↑ +235%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $28.88 ↑ +235%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $28.88 ↑ +235%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $29.17 ↑ +238%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $29.69 ↑ +244%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $29.69 ↑ +244%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $30.64 ↑ +255%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $30.69 ↑ +256%
ANTHEM PPO $33.09 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM EPO $33.09 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $33.09 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM HMO $33.09 ↑ +284%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $33.16 ↑ +285%
UNITED CHP $33.16 ↑ +285%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $35.82 ↑ +316%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $35.82 ↑ +316%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $42.45 ↑ +392%
Healthfirst Small Group $43.24 ↑ +402%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $59.67 ↑ +592%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $59.67 ↑ +592%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $59.67 ↑ +592%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $59.67 ↑ +592%
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Affinity CHP 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
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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