Complex body section x-ray 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

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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.

$45.53 with Healthfirst vs $291.13 with ANTHEM — 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 Managed Medicaid $45.53
Healthfirst HARP $45.53
Healthfirst CHP $45.53
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $54.85
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $54.85
MetroPlus Gold $54.85
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $54.85
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $54.85
MetroPlus HARP $54.85
MetroPlus CHP $54.85
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $54.85
UNITED Managed Medicaid $54.85
UNITED HARP $54.85
Fidelis CHP $54.85
Carelon GHI BMP $54.85
MetroPlus SNP $54.85
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $54.85
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $54.85
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $55.95
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $55.95
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $55.95
VNSNY MAP $55.95
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $55.95
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $58.69
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $60.34
UNITED CHP $68.56
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $68.56
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $73.00
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $74.05
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $74.05
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $87.76
Healthfirst Small Group $89.41
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $123.41
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $123.41
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $123.41
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $123.41
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $123.41
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $123.41
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $123.41
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $123.41
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $123.41
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $123.41
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $123.41
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $123.41
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $123.41
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $261.17
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $261.17
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $269.60
ANTHEM HMO $291.13
ANTHEM PPO $291.13
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $291.13
ANTHEM EPO $291.13

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Complex body section x-ray at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $73.00 – $261.17
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $73.00 – $262.11
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $73.00 – $261.17
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $73.00 – $262.11
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $73.00 – $263.04
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $73.00 – $261.17
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $73.00 – $261.17
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $73.00 – $259.30

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