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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$127.14

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.

$452.69

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.

$22.09 with Healthfirst vs $516.02 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
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Primary Services $22.09 ↓ -83%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.41 ↓ -81%
Healthfirst HARP $27.28 ↓ -79%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $27.28 ↓ -79%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.30 ↓ -78%
Healthfirst MAP $28.30 ↓ -78%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $28.30 ↓ -78%
Healthfirst CHP $30.69 ↓ -76%
Aetna All Products $32.09 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $32.09 ↓ -75%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $34.10 ↓ -73%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $34.10 ↓ -73%
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Specialist Services $35.34 ↓ -72%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.83 ↓ -71%
Affinity CHP $38.87 ↓ -69%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Specialist Services $41.08 ↓ -68%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Primary Services $43.29 ↓ -66%
Anthem HealthPlus HARP $44.17 ↓ -65%
Anthem HealthPlus MLTC $44.17 ↓ -65%
Elderplan MAP $44.17 ↓ -65%
Anthem HealthPlus MAP $44.17 ↓ -65%
Healthfirst Small Group $44.17 ↓ -65%
Fidelis Managed Medicaid $44.17 ↓ -65%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $44.17 ↓ -65%
Centerlight PACE $44.17 ↓ -65%
Fidelis CHP $44.17 ↓ -65%
Elderplan MLTC $44.17 ↓ -65%
Fidelis FHP $44.17 ↓ -65%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $44.17 ↓ -65%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $44.83 ↓ -65%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living Medicare Advantage $45.94 ↓ -64%
Hamaspik Medicare Advantage $46.38 ↓ -64%
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $48.59 ↓ -62%
Fidelis MAP $49.10 ↓ -61%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $51.15 ↓ -60%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $52.95 ↓ -58%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $53.00 ↓ -58%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $54.88 ↓ -57%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $54.88 ↓ -57%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $54.88 ↓ -57%
Oscar All Products $55.21 ↓ -57%
Fidelis QHC $58.86 ↓ -54%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $71.84 ↓ -43%
Anthem HealthPlus Exchange $75.36 ↓ -41%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $79.51 ↓ -37%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $79.51 ↓ -37%
Local 1199 All Products $93.50 ↓ -26%
UNITED HARP $100.00 ↓ -21%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $100.00 ↓ -21%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.67 ↓ -21%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $102.50 ↓ -19%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $102.50 ↓ -19%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $105.57 ↓ -17%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $107.00 ↓ -16%
OXFORD Freedom $107.88 ↓ -15%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $107.88 ↓ -15%
OXFORD Liberty $107.88 ↓ -15%
UNITED EXCHANGE $107.88 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM EPO $114.02 ↓ -10%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $114.02 ↓ -10%
ANTHEM PPO $114.02 ↓ -10%
ANTHEM HMO $114.02 ↓ -10%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $125.84 ↓ -1%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.84 ↓ -1%
VACCN All Products $125.84 ↓ -1%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $125.84 ↓ -1%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $126.00 ↓ -1%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $130.87 ↑ +3%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $132.13 ↑ +4%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $132.13 ↑ +4%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $136.35 ↑ +7%
MetroPlus MAP $143.67 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $143.67 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $143.67 ↑ +13%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $178.69 ↑ +41%
VillageCare Max MAP $190.71 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $190.71 ↑ +50%
MetroPlus HARP $211.60 ↑ +66%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $229.34 ↑ +80%
MetroPlus CHP $229.34 ↑ +80%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $229.34 ↑ +80%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $229.34 ↑ +80%
MetroPlus Gold $229.34 ↑ +80%
MetroPlus SNP $229.34 ↑ +80%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $229.34 ↑ +80%
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $229.34 ↑ +80%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $229.34 ↑ +80%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $229.34 ↑ +80%
Senior Whole Health MAP $229.34 ↑ +80%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $229.34 ↑ +80%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $233.93 ↑ +84%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $233.93 ↑ +84%
VNSNY MAP $233.93 ↑ +84%
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $233.93 ↑ +84%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $233.93 ↑ +84%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $233.93 ↑ +84%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $251.68 ↑ +98%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $252.27 ↑ +98%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $286.68 ↑ +125%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $286.68 ↑ +125%
UNITED CHP $286.68 ↑ +125%
Carelon GHI BMP $294.25 ↑ +131%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $294.25 ↑ +131%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $294.25 ↑ +131%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $339.52 ↑ +167%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $339.52 ↑ +167%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $362.15 ↑ +185%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $516.02 ↑ +306%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $516.02 ↑ +306%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $516.02 ↑ +306%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $516.02 ↑ +306%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $516.02 ↑ +306%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $516.02 ↑ +306%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $516.02 ↑ +306%
United Behavioral Health Exchange not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health All Products not published by hospital

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $125.85 $22.70 – $384.79
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $240.00 $38.35 – $360.00
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $127.14 $22.47 – $384.79
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $127.14 $22.70 – $384.79
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $24.41 – $283.87
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $24.41 – $283.87
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $24.41 – $384.79
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $24.41 – $283.87

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