Tobramycin comp unit 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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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.

$45.35 with Local 1199 vs $859.91 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 $45.35
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $86.90
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $86.90
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $86.90
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $89.87
Healthfirst CHP $317.21
Healthfirst HARP $317.21
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $317.21
UNITED Managed Medicaid $382.18
UNITED HARP $382.18
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $382.18
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $382.18
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $382.18
Fidelis CHP $382.18
MetroPlus SNP $382.18
MetroPlus Gold $382.18
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $382.18
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $382.18
MetroPlus HARP $382.18
MetroPlus CHP $382.18
Carelon GHI BMP $382.18
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $382.18
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $382.18
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $389.82
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $389.82
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $389.82
VNSNY MAP $389.82
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $389.82
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $408.93
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $420.40
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $477.73
UNITED CHP $477.73
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $515.94
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $515.94
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $611.49
Healthfirst Small Group $622.95
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $859.91
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $859.91
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $859.91
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $859.91
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $859.91
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $859.91
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $859.91
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $859.91
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $859.91
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $859.91

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Tobramycin comp unit at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $45.35 – $89.87
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $820.00 $1.47 – $922.50
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $45.35 – $86.90
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $45.35 – $89.87
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $45.35 – $89.87
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $45.35 – $89.87
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $45.35 – $89.87
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $45.35 – $89.87

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