Repair skull cavity lesion 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.

$1,733.00 with Local 1199 vs $7,235.01 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 $1,733.00
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,577.98
Healthfirst CHP $2,668.91
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $2,668.91
Healthfirst HARP $2,668.91
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $3,197.06
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $3,197.06
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $3,197.06
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,215.56
UNITED HARP $3,215.56
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $3,215.56
Fidelis CHP $3,215.56
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,215.56
MetroPlus SNP $3,215.56
MetroPlus Gold $3,215.56
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $3,215.56
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $3,215.56
MetroPlus HARP $3,215.56
MetroPlus CHP $3,215.56
Carelon GHI BMP $3,215.56
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $3,215.56
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $3,215.56
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $3,215.56
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $3,279.87
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $3,279.87
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $3,279.87
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $3,279.87
VNSNY MAP $3,279.87
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $3,440.65
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $3,537.12
Fidelis MAP $3,712.29
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $4,019.45
UNITED CHP $4,019.45
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $4,341.01
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $4,341.01
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $4,923.94
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $5,144.90
Healthfirst Small Group $5,241.36
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $7,235.01
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $7,235.01
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $7,235.01
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $7,235.01
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $7,235.01
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $7,235.01
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $7,235.01
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $7,235.01
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $7,235.01
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $7,235.01

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Repair skull cavity lesion at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $1,733.00 – $3,546.89
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $1,015.98 – $3,546.89
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $1,015.98 – $3,712.29
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $1,733.00 – $3,712.29
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $1,015.98 – $3,493.80
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $1,015.98 – $3,712.29
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $1,733.00 – $3,712.29
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $1,733.00 – $3,712.29

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