Contrast baths charges at Metropolitan Hospital Center
1901 1st Avenue, New York, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1013924372
$15.31
Cash price 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.
$163.74
Gross charge 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.
$12.25 with Hamaspik vs $346.00 with UNITED — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamaspik | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $12.25 | ↓ -20% |
| Healthfirst | Medicare Advantage PPO | $13.08 | ↓ -15% |
| Fidelis | MAP | $15.31 | ↑ +0% |
| VNSNY | Medicare Advantage | $15.31 | ↑ +0% |
| VNSNY | Medicare SNP | $15.31 | ↑ +0% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.31 | ↑ +0% |
| EMBLEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.31 | ↑ +0% |
| Senior Whole Health | MLTC | $15.31 | ↑ +0% |
| Senior Whole Health | MAP | $15.31 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | All Products | $15.31 | ↑ +0% |
| Healthfirst | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.44 | ↑ +1% |
| Healthfirst | MAP | $15.44 | ↑ +1% |
| EMBLEM | PPO_Commercial | $15.62 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.62 | ↑ +2% |
| EMBLEM | HIP_GHI_CHP | $15.62 | ↑ +2% |
| VillageCare Max | MAP | $15.76 | ↑ +3% |
| Amidacare | Managed Medicaid | $15.76 | ↑ +3% |
| Centerlight | PACE | $15.76 | ↑ +3% |
| VillageCare Max | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.76 | ↑ +3% |
| OXFORD | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.08 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.55 | ↑ +8% |
| MetroPlus | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $17.81 | ↑ +16% |
| MetroPlus | MAP | $17.81 | ↑ +16% |
| MetroPlus | EXCHANGE | $17.81 | ↑ +16% |
| MAGNACARE | Direct Plus Non-FPP | $18.37 | ↑ +20% |
| MAGNACARE | PPO Non-FPP | $18.37 | ↑ +20% |
| MAGNACARE | PPO FPP | $18.37 | ↑ +20% |
| MAGNACARE | Direct Plus FPP | $18.37 | ↑ +20% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $20.09 | ↑ +31% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $20.09 | ↑ +31% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $20.09 | ↑ +31% |
| Wellcare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $22.66 | ↑ +48% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $23.64 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | $29.83 | ↑ +95% |
| Elderplan | MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC | $31.52 | ↑ +106% |
| Healthfirst | HARP | $36.20 | ↑ +136% |
| Healthfirst | Managed Medicaid | $36.20 | ↑ +136% |
| Healthfirst | CHP | $36.20 | ↑ +136% |
| Carelon | Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP | $43.61 | ↑ +185% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | EXCHANGE | $43.61 | ↑ +185% |
| Fidelis | CHP | $43.61 | ↑ +185% |
| Fidelis | HARP_Managed Medicaid | $43.61 | ↑ +185% |
| UNITED | HARP | $43.61 | ↑ +185% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $43.61 | ↑ +185% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $43.61 | ↑ +185% |
| MetroPlus | CHP | $43.62 | ↑ +185% |
| MetroPlus | HARP | $43.62 | ↑ +185% |
| MetroPlus | Goldcare 1 & 2 | $43.62 | ↑ +185% |
| MetroPlus | Gold | $43.62 | ↑ +185% |
| Carelon | GHI BMP | $43.62 | ↑ +185% |
| Carelon | Commercial_Essential Plans | $43.62 | ↑ +185% |
| MetroPlus | SNP | $43.62 | ↑ +185% |
| MetroPlus | Managed Medicaid | $43.62 | ↑ +185% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | CHP | $44.48 | ↑ +191% |
| VNSNY | Medicaid SNP | $44.48 | ↑ +191% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | HARP | $44.48 | ↑ +191% |
| VNSNY | MAP | $44.48 | ↑ +191% |
| Carelon (Amida Care) | Managed Medicaid | $44.48 | ↑ +191% |
| UNITED | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $46.66 | ↑ +205% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Essential Plan | $47.97 | ↑ +213% |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Small Group | $48.71 | ↑ +218% |
| ANTHEM | Small Group EPO_PPO | $48.71 | ↑ +218% |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Large Group | $50.28 | ↑ +228% |
| ANTHEM | PPO | $54.30 | ↑ +255% |
| ANTHEM | EPO | $54.30 | ↑ +255% |
| ANTHEM | HMO | $54.30 | ↑ +255% |
| ANTHEM | INDEMNITY | $54.30 | ↑ +255% |
| UNITED | CHP | $54.53 | ↑ +256% |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 3-4 | $54.53 | ↑ +256% |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 1-2 | $58.89 | ↑ +285% |
| Emblem | Essential Plan 200-250 | $58.89 | ↑ +285% |
| Healthfirst | EXCHANGE | $69.79 | ↑ +356% |
| Healthfirst | Small Group | $71.10 | ↑ +364% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 200-250 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Fidelis | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 200-250 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 1-2 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 3-4 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 1-2 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 3-4 | $98.12 | ↑ +541% |
| Carelon | MAP_Medicare Advantage | $106.43 | ↑ +595% |
| MULTIPLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $130.99 | ↑ +756% |
| Local 1199 | ALL PRODUCTS | $139.18 | ↑ +809% |
| CIGNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $241.00 | ↑ +1474% |
| OXFORD | Liberty | $248.00 | ↑ +1520% |
| OXFORD | Freedom | $278.00 | ↑ +1716% |
| UNITED | EXCHANGE | $314.00 | ↑ +1951% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $346.00 | ↑ +2160% |
| Affinity | HARP_Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | All Products_Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Fidelis | EXCHANGE | not published by hospital | — |
| Affinity | CHP | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | CHP | not published by hospital | — |
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Contrast baths charges at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $15.62 | $12.50 – $32.06 |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center | New York | $215.00 | $14.54 – $117.91 |
| Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital | New York | not published | not published |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $15.76 | $10.95 – $31.52 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $16.03 | $10.95 – $32.06 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $15.62 | $12.50 – $32.06 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $15.84 | $10.95 – $31.68 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $16.03 | $10.95 – $32.06 |