Bx/exc idrl spine lesn crvl 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

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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.

$6,213.00

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.

$1,186.75 with PB - ANTHEM vs $10,512.63 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
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $1,186.75 —
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $2,193.00 —
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $2,193.00 —
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,533.03 —
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,670.86 —
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,670.86 —
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $3,106.50 —
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,106.50 —
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $3,280.57 —
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $3,280.57 —
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $3,280.57 —
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $3,417.15 —
Fidelis MAP $3,647.56 —
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,727.80 —
Healthfirst CHP $3,877.99 —
Healthfirst HARP $3,877.99 —
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $3,877.99 —
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $4,349.10 —
PB - AFFINITY CHP $4,349.10 —
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $4,534.12 —
Fidelis CHP $4,672.28 —
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $4,672.28 —
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $4,672.28 —
Carelon GHI BMP $4,672.28 —
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $4,672.28 —
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $4,672.28 —
MetroPlus CHP $4,672.28 —
MetroPlus Gold $4,672.28 —
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $4,672.28 —
MetroPlus HARP $4,672.28 —
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $4,672.28 —
MetroPlus SNP $4,672.28 —
UNITED CHP $4,672.28 —
UNITED HARP $4,672.28 —
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,672.28 —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,672.28 —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $4,765.73 —
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $4,765.73 —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $4,765.73 —
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $4,765.73 —
VNSNY MAP $4,765.73 —
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $4,999.34 —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $5,139.51 —
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $5,840.35 —
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $6,307.58 —
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $6,307.58 —
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $7,475.65 —
Healthfirst Small Group $7,615.82 —
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $10,512.63 —
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $10,512.63 —
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $10,512.63 —
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $10,512.63 —
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $10,512.63 —
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $10,512.63 —
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $10,512.63 —
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $10,512.63 —
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $10,512.63 —
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $10,512.63 —
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital —

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Bx/exc idrl spine lesn crvl at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $2,193.00 – $3,647.56
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $1,186.75 – $3,827.29
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $2,193.00 – $3,827.29
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $2,193.00 – $3,827.29
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $1,186.75 – $3,567.59
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $1,186.75 – $3,827.29
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $2,193.00 – $3,827.29
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $2,193.00 – $3,827.29

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