Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at Bellevue Hospital Center

462 1st Ave New York, NY 10016, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1073535027

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4.95

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.

$20.76

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 $97.34 with Affinity — 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 ↓ -80%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3.67 ↓ -26%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.67 ↓ -26%
Healthfirst MAP $4.85 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $4.85 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.85 ↓ -2%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $4.95 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.95 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.95 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $4.95 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.95 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $4.95 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $4.95 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $4.95 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $4.95 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $4.95 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $4.95 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.95 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.20 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.20 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.35 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $5.59 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.59 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $5.59 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $5.94 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $5.94 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $5.94 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $5.94 ↑ +20%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.00 ↑ +21%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $6.00 ↑ +21%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $6.39 ↑ +29%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $6.60 ↑ +33%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $7.00 ↑ +41%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.20 ↑ +45%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $7.23 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Freedom $7.23 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $7.23 ↑ +46%
VillageCare Max MAP $7.43 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.43 ↑ +50%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $7.43 ↑ +50%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $8.40 ↑ +70%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $8.40 ↑ +70%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $12.11 ↑ +145%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $12.11 ↑ +145%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $13.49 ↑ +173%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $16.61 ↑ +236%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $16.61 ↑ +236%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $16.61 ↑ +236%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $17.11 ↑ +246%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $17.11 ↑ +246%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $17.65 ↑ +257%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $17.66 ↑ +257%
ANTHEM PPO $19.06 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $19.06 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM EPO $19.06 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM HMO $19.06 ↑ +285%
Healthfirst HARP $35.91 ↑ +625%
Healthfirst CHP $35.91 ↑ +625%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $35.91 ↑ +625%
UNITED HARP $43.26 ↑ +774%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $43.26 ↑ +774%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $43.26 ↑ +774%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $43.26 ↑ +774%
Fidelis CHP $43.26 ↑ +774%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $43.26 ↑ +774%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $43.26 ↑ +774%
MetroPlus CHP $43.27 ↑ +774%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $43.27 ↑ +774%
UNITED CHP $43.27 ↑ +774%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $43.27 ↑ +774%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $43.27 ↑ +774%
MetroPlus Gold $43.27 ↑ +774%
Carelon GHI BMP $43.27 ↑ +774%
MetroPlus HARP $43.27 ↑ +774%
MetroPlus SNP $43.27 ↑ +774%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $44.13 ↑ +792%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $44.13 ↑ +792%
VNSNY MAP $44.13 ↑ +792%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $44.13 ↑ +792%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $44.13 ↑ +792%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $46.29 ↑ +835%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $47.59 ↑ +861%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $54.09 ↑ +993%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $58.41 ↑ +1080%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $58.41 ↑ +1080%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $69.23 ↑ +1299%
Healthfirst Small Group $70.53 ↑ +1325%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $97.34 ↑ +1866%
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital

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NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $57.00 $3.47 – $39.68
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4.95 $1.00 – $12.11
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Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4.95 $1.00 – $12.11
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4.95 $1.00 – $12.11
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Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $4.95 $1.00 – $12.11
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