Contact lens fitting for tx at Harlem Hospital Center

506 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1033124961

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.

$355.39

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 $645.00 with OSCAR — 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
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.15
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $42.00
Fidelis MAP $49.18
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.08
Healthfirst MAP $71.08
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $106.80
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $106.80
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $110.25
Healthfirst CHP $114.32
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $114.32
Healthfirst HARP $114.32
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $119.05
ANTHEM EPO $119.05
ANTHEM HMO $119.05
ANTHEM PPO $119.05
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $137.73
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $137.73
MetroPlus HARP $137.73
MetroPlus CHP $137.73
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $137.73
Carelon GHI BMP $137.73
Fidelis CHP $137.73
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $137.73
UNITED Managed Medicaid $137.73
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $137.73
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $137.73
UNITED HARP $137.73
MetroPlus SNP $137.73
MetroPlus Gold $137.73
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $137.73
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $140.48
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $140.48
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $140.48
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $140.48
VNSNY MAP $140.48
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $147.37
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $151.50
UNITED CHP $172.16
Centerlight PACE $177.70
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $206.60
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $213.23
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $220.37
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $220.37
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $220.37
Healthfirst Small Group $224.50
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $225.00
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $231.00
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $231.00
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $248.77
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $257.00
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $284.31
VNSNY Medicare SNP $302.08
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $302.08
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $302.08
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $302.08
VillageCare Max MAP $302.08
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $309.89
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $309.89
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $309.89
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $309.89
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $309.89
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $309.89
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $309.89
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $309.89
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $309.89
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $309.89
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $309.89
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $309.89
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $309.89
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $330.00
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $330.00
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $330.00
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $330.00
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $332.00
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $332.00
OXFORD Liberty $380.00
OXFORD Freedom $431.00
UNITED EXCHANGE $480.00
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $645.00
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN All Products not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
MetroPlus EXCHANGE not published by hospital
MetroPlus MAP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Senior Whole Health MLTC not published by hospital
Senior Whole Health MAP not published by hospital
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Contact lens fitting for tx at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $0.01 – $645.00
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $0.01 – $645.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $0.01 – $645.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $0.01 – $645.00
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $0.01 – $645.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $0.01 – $645.00
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $0.01 – $645.00
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $0.01 – $645.00

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