Aminolevulinic acid delta at Metropolitan Hospital Center

1901 1st Avenue, New York, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1013924372

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$16.45

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.

$60.38

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 $63.56 with Anthem HealthPlus — 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 ↓ -94%
Healthfirst MAP $16.12 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.12 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $16.12 ↓ -2%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.45 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.45 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $16.45 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $16.45 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $16.45 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MAP $16.45 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $16.45 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $16.45 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.45 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $16.45 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $16.45 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.45 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $16.45 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.27 ↑ +5%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.27 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.77 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $18.59 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.59 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $18.59 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $19.74 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $19.74 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $19.74 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $19.74 ↑ +20%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $21.25 ↑ +29%
Healthfirst CHP $23.46 ↑ +43%
Healthfirst HARP $23.46 ↑ +43%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $23.46 ↑ +43%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $24.04 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $24.04 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Freedom $24.04 ↑ +46%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $24.68 ↑ +50%
Fidelis CHP $28.25 ↑ +72%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $28.25 ↑ +72%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $28.25 ↑ +72%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $28.25 ↑ +72%
UNITED HARP $28.25 ↑ +72%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $28.25 ↑ +72%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $28.25 ↑ +72%
MetroPlus Gold $28.26 ↑ +72%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $28.26 ↑ +72%
MetroPlus HARP $28.26 ↑ +72%
MetroPlus CHP $28.26 ↑ +72%
Carelon GHI BMP $28.26 ↑ +72%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $28.26 ↑ +72%
MetroPlus SNP $28.26 ↑ +72%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $28.26 ↑ +72%
VNSNY MAP $28.82 ↑ +75%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $28.82 ↑ +75%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $28.82 ↑ +75%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $28.82 ↑ +75%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $28.82 ↑ +75%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $30.23 ↑ +84%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $31.08 ↑ +89%
UNITED CHP $35.33 ↑ +115%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $35.33 ↑ +115%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $38.15 ↑ +132%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $38.15 ↑ +132%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $39.25 ↑ +139%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $41.16 ↑ +150%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $45.22 ↑ +175%
Healthfirst Small Group $46.06 ↑ +180%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $48.30 ↑ +194%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $48.30 ↑ +194%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $48.30 ↑ +194%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $51.32 ↑ +212%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $56.66 ↑ +244%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $56.66 ↑ +244%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $58.49 ↑ +256%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $63.16 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM PPO $63.16 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM EPO $63.16 ↑ +284%
ANTHEM HMO $63.16 ↑ +284%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $63.56 ↑ +286%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $63.56 ↑ +286%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $63.56 ↑ +286%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $63.56 ↑ +286%
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York $16.45 $1.00 – $41.16
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $64.00 $11.52 – $100.22
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $64.00 $11.52 – $46.04
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $16.45 $1.00 – $41.16
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $16.45 $1.00 – $41.16
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $16.45 $1.00 – $41.16
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $121.20 $12.00 – $181.80
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $16.45 $1.00 – $41.16

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