Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$8.08

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.

$64.87

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 $97.45 with Affinity — 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%
Healthfirst MAP $7.92 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.92 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $7.92 ↓ -2%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.08 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.08 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.08 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $8.08 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $8.08 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $8.08 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $8.08 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $8.08 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $8.08 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $8.08 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.08 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.08 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MAP $8.08 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $8.08 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $8.08 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.48 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.48 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.73 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.13 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $9.13 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $9.13 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $9.70 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $9.70 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $9.70 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $9.70 ↑ +20%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $10.44 ↑ +29%
OXFORD Liberty $11.80 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Freedom $11.80 ↑ +46%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $12.12 ↑ +50%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $20.18 ↑ +150%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $27.82 ↑ +244%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $27.82 ↑ +244%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $28.71 ↑ +255%
ANTHEM PPO $31.01 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM HMO $31.01 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM EPO $31.01 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $31.01 ↑ +284%
Healthfirst CHP $35.96 ↑ +345%
Healthfirst HARP $35.96 ↑ +345%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $35.96 ↑ +345%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $42.17 ↑ +422%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $43.31 ↑ +436%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $43.31 ↑ +436%
Fidelis CHP $43.31 ↑ +436%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $43.31 ↑ +436%
UNITED HARP $43.31 ↑ +436%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $43.31 ↑ +436%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $43.31 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus CHP $43.32 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus SNP $43.32 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus Gold $43.32 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $43.32 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $43.32 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus HARP $43.32 ↑ +436%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $43.32 ↑ +436%
Carelon GHI BMP $43.32 ↑ +436%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $44.18 ↑ +447%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $44.18 ↑ +447%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $44.18 ↑ +447%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $44.18 ↑ +447%
VNSNY MAP $44.18 ↑ +447%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $46.34 ↑ +474%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $47.64 ↑ +490%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $51.90 ↑ +542%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $51.90 ↑ +542%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $51.90 ↑ +542%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $54.15 ↑ +570%
UNITED CHP $54.15 ↑ +570%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $55.14 ↑ +582%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $58.48 ↑ +624%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $58.48 ↑ +624%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $69.31 ↑ +758%
Healthfirst Small Group $70.61 ↑ +774%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $97.45 ↑ +1106%
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital

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Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $8.08 $1.00 – $20.18
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $227.00 $5.66 – $98.53
Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital New York not published not published
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $188.00 $5.66 – $44.36
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $8.08 $1.00 – $20.18
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $8.08 $1.00 – $20.18
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $8.08 $1.00 – $20.18
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $19.80 $7.10 – $29.70

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