Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination 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

$46.45

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.

$353.64

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 $300.59 with Local 1199 — 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 ↓ -98%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $16.50 ↓ -64%
OXFORD Freedom $16.50 ↓ -64%
OXFORD Liberty $16.50 ↓ -64%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $36.38 ↓ -22%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $38.71 ↓ -17%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $38.71 ↓ -17%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.71 ↓ -17%
Healthfirst MAP $45.69 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.69 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $45.69 ↓ -2%
Senior Whole Health MAP $46.45 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.45 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.45 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $46.45 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $46.45 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.45 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $46.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $46.45 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $46.45 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.62 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $46.62 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $46.62 ↑ +0%
VillageCare Max MAP $46.62 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $46.62 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.77 ↑ +5%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.96 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.16 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $52.69 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $52.69 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $52.69 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $55.74 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $55.74 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $55.74 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $55.74 ↑ +20%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $65.96 ↑ +42%
Healthfirst HARP $67.11 ↑ +44%
Healthfirst CHP $67.11 ↑ +44%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $67.11 ↑ +44%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $69.94 ↑ +51%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $79.85 ↑ +72%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $79.85 ↑ +72%
UNITED HARP $80.85 ↑ +74%
Fidelis CHP $80.85 ↑ +74%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $80.85 ↑ +74%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $80.85 ↑ +74%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $80.85 ↑ +74%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $80.85 ↑ +74%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $80.85 ↑ +74%
MetroPlus CHP $80.86 ↑ +74%
MetroPlus HARP $80.86 ↑ +74%
Carelon GHI BMP $80.86 ↑ +74%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $80.86 ↑ +74%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $80.86 ↑ +74%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $80.86 ↑ +74%
MetroPlus Gold $80.86 ↑ +74%
MetroPlus SNP $80.86 ↑ +74%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $82.43 ↑ +77%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $82.47 ↑ +78%
VNSNY MAP $82.47 ↑ +78%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $82.47 ↑ +78%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $82.47 ↑ +78%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $82.47 ↑ +78%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $86.51 ↑ +86%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $88.94 ↑ +91%
ANTHEM EPO $89.01 ↑ +92%
ANTHEM HMO $89.01 ↑ +92%
ANTHEM PPO $89.01 ↑ +92%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $89.01 ↑ +92%
UNITED CHP $101.08 ↑ +118%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $101.08 ↑ +118%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $109.16 ↑ +135%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $109.16 ↑ +135%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $129.38 ↑ +179%
Healthfirst Small Group $131.80 ↑ +184%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $181.91 ↑ +292%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $181.91 ↑ +292%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $181.91 ↑ +292%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $181.91 ↑ +292%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $229.87 ↑ +395%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $265.23 ↑ +471%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $282.91 ↑ +509%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $300.59 ↑ +547%
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital

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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York $46.45 $1.00 – $69.94
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $237.00 $13.00 – $160.82
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $318.00 $13.00 – $106.64
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $46.45 $1.00 – $69.94
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $46.45 $1.00 – $69.94
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $46.45 $1.00 – $69.94
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $35.40 $11.29 – $120.28
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $46.45 $1.00 – $69.94

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