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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with contrast) at Woodhull Medical Center

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$444.73

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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$791.00

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.

$158.27 with Healthfirst vs $1,785.29 with Healthfirst — 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
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Primary Services $158.27 ↓ -64%
Healthfirst HARP $253.23 ↓ -43%
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Specialist Services $253.23 ↓ -43%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $253.23 ↓ -43%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $262.73 ↓ -41%
Healthfirst MAP $262.73 ↓ -41%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $262.73 ↓ -41%
Affinity CHP $278.56 ↓ -37%
Healthfirst CHP $284.89 ↓ -36%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Specialist Services $294.38 ↓ -34%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Primary Services $310.21 ↓ -30%
Anthem HealthPlus HARP $316.54 ↓ -29%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $316.54 ↓ -29%
Anthem HealthPlus MLTC $316.54 ↓ -29%
Elderplan MAP $316.54 ↓ -29%
Anthem HealthPlus MAP $316.54 ↓ -29%
Healthfirst Small Group $316.54 ↓ -29%
Fidelis Managed Medicaid $316.54 ↓ -29%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $316.54 ↓ -29%
Centerlight PACE $316.54 ↓ -29%
Fidelis CHP $316.54 ↓ -29%
Elderplan MLTC $316.54 ↓ -29%
Fidelis FHP $316.54 ↓ -29%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $316.54 ↓ -29%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $321.29 ↓ -28%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living Medicare Advantage $329.20 ↓ -26%
Hamaspik Medicare Advantage $332.37 ↓ -25%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $341.86 ↓ -23%
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $348.19 ↓ -22%
Aetna All Products $370.50 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $370.50 ↓ -17%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage $372.67 ↓ -16%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $379.85 ↓ -15%
Oscar All Products $395.68 ↓ -11%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $408.87 ↓ -8%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $408.87 ↓ -8%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $408.87 ↓ -8%
Anthem HealthPlus Exchange $409.62 ↓ -8%
Fidelis QHC $421.79 ↓ -5%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $422.61 ↓ -5%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61 ↓ -5%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61 ↓ -5%
VACCN All Products $422.61 ↓ -5%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $422.61 ↓ -5%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.52 ↓ -1%
Fidelis MAP $455.82 ↑ +2%
UNITED HARP $500.00 ↑ +12%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $500.00 ↑ +12%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $535.00 ↑ +20%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $569.77 ↑ +28%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $569.77 ↑ +28%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $600.11 ↑ +35%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $611.33 ↑ +37%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $633.92 ↑ +43%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.92 ↑ +43%
OXFORD Freedom $641.12 ↑ +44%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $641.12 ↑ +44%
OXFORD Liberty $641.12 ↑ +44%
UNITED EXCHANGE $641.12 ↑ +44%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $681.75 ↑ +53%
MetroPlus HARP $722.55 ↑ +62%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $751.13 ↑ +69%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $751.13 ↑ +69%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $773.72 ↑ +74%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $793.46 ↑ +78%
MetroPlus CHP $793.46 ↑ +78%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $793.46 ↑ +78%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $793.46 ↑ +78%
UNITED CHP $793.46 ↑ +78%
MetroPlus Gold $793.46 ↑ +78%
MetroPlus SNP $793.46 ↑ +78%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $793.46 ↑ +78%
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $793.46 ↑ +78%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $793.46 ↑ +78%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $793.46 ↑ +78%
Senior Whole Health MAP $793.46 ↑ +78%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $793.46 ↑ +78%
Local 1199 All Products $806.00 ↑ +81%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $809.33 ↑ +82%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $809.33 ↑ +82%
VNSNY MAP $809.33 ↑ +82%
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $809.33 ↑ +82%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $809.33 ↑ +82%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $809.33 ↑ +82%
ANTHEM EPO $835.84 ↑ +88%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $835.84 ↑ +88%
ANTHEM PPO $835.84 ↑ +88%
ANTHEM HMO $835.84 ↑ +88%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $845.23 ↑ +90%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $872.81 ↑ +96%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $991.83 ↑ +123%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $991.83 ↑ +123%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,625.74 ↑ +266%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,625.74 ↑ +266%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,625.74 ↑ +266%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,785.29 ↑ +301%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,785.29 ↑ +301%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,785.29 ↑ +301%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,785.29 ↑ +301%
United Behavioral Health Exchange not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health All Products not published by hospital

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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $440.22 $158.27 – $2,518.71
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $180.04 – $967.16
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $444.73 $0.01 – $2,370.55
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $736.20 $300.18 – $1,104.30
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $444.73 $156.96 – $2,518.71
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $227.57 – $1,702.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $174.78 – $1,285.00
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $180.04 – $2,518.71

All New-york hospitals for this procedure →