Skull base/brainstem surgery 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.

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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.

$2,581.00 with Local 1199 vs $8,603.35 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
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $2,581.00
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,002.11
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $3,173.68
Healthfirst HARP $3,173.68
Healthfirst CHP $3,173.68
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $3,823.71
MetroPlus HARP $3,823.71
MetroPlus CHP $3,823.71
Fidelis CHP $3,823.71
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,823.71
MetroPlus SNP $3,823.71
MetroPlus Gold $3,823.71
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $3,823.71
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,823.71
UNITED HARP $3,823.71
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $3,823.71
Carelon GHI BMP $3,823.71
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $3,823.71
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $3,823.71
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $3,823.71
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $3,882.15
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $3,882.15
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $3,882.15
VNSNY MAP $3,900.18
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $3,900.18
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $3,900.18
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $3,900.18
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $3,900.18
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $4,091.37
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $4,206.08
Fidelis MAP $4,323.04
UNITED CHP $4,779.64
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $4,779.64
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $5,162.01
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $5,162.01
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $5,734.03
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $6,117.94
Healthfirst Small Group $6,232.65
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $8,603.35
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $8,603.35
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $8,603.35
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $8,603.35
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $8,603.35
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $8,603.35
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $8,603.35
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $8,603.35
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $8,603.35
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $8,603.35

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Skull base/brainstem surgery at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $2,581.00 – $4,541.13
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $1,316.17 – $4,323.04
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $1,316.17 – $4,541.13
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $2,581.00 – $4,541.13
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $1,316.17 – $4,220.58
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $1,316.17 – $4,541.13
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $2,581.00 – $4,541.13
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $2,581.00 – $4,541.13

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