Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$636.97

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.

$2,496.67

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.

$212.00 with PB - LOCAL 1199 vs $2,122.17 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
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $212.00 ↓ -67%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $219.88 ↓ -65%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $219.88 ↓ -65%
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $226.15 ↓ -64%
OXFORD Freedom $279.78 ↓ -56%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $279.78 ↓ -56%
OXFORD Liberty $279.78 ↓ -56%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $327.54 ↓ -49%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $327.54 ↓ -49%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $327.54 ↓ -49%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $416.00 ↓ -35%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $416.00 ↓ -35%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $457.60 ↓ -28%
Fidelis MAP $471.66 ↓ -26%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $499.20 ↓ -22%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $582.40 ↓ -9%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $582.40 ↓ -9%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $636.97 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $636.97 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $636.97 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $636.97 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $636.97 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $636.97 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $636.97 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $636.97 ↑ +0%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $664.22 ↑ +4%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $664.22 ↑ +4%
Healthfirst MAP $664.22 ↑ +4%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $668.82 ↑ +5%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $677.78 ↑ +6%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $677.78 ↑ +6%
Centerlight PACE $677.78 ↑ +6%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $687.92 ↑ +8%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $711.67 ↑ +12%
Healthfirst CHP $761.92 ↑ +20%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $761.92 ↑ +20%
Healthfirst HARP $761.92 ↑ +20%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $765.89 ↑ +20%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $765.89 ↑ +20%
MetroPlus MAP $765.89 ↑ +20%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $904.50 ↑ +42%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $917.96 ↑ +44%
Fidelis CHP $917.96 ↑ +44%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $917.96 ↑ +44%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $917.96 ↑ +44%
UNITED HARP $917.96 ↑ +44%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $917.96 ↑ +44%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $917.96 ↑ +44%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $917.97 ↑ +44%
UNITED CHP $917.97 ↑ +44%
MetroPlus SNP $917.97 ↑ +44%
MetroPlus CHP $917.97 ↑ +44%
Carelon GHI BMP $917.97 ↑ +44%
MetroPlus HARP $917.97 ↑ +44%
MetroPlus Gold $917.97 ↑ +44%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $917.97 ↑ +44%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $917.97 ↑ +44%
VNSNY MAP $936.32 ↑ +47%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $936.32 ↑ +47%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $936.32 ↑ +47%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $936.32 ↑ +47%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $936.32 ↑ +47%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $982.22 ↑ +54%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $1,009.76 ↑ +59%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,016.67 ↑ +60%
VillageCare Max MAP $1,016.67 ↑ +60%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,016.67 ↑ +60%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $1,042.50 ↑ +64%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $1,042.50 ↑ +64%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $1,076.00 ↑ +69%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $1,147.46 ↑ +80%
ANTHEM PPO $1,161.64 ↑ +82%
ANTHEM EPO $1,161.64 ↑ +82%
ANTHEM HMO $1,161.64 ↑ +82%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $1,161.64 ↑ +82%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $1,193.00 ↑ +87%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $1,239.26 ↑ +95%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $1,239.26 ↑ +95%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $1,468.75 ↑ +131%
Healthfirst Small Group $1,496.29 ↑ +135%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $1,622.84 ↑ +155%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,747.67 ↑ +174%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $1,872.50 ↑ +194%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $1,872.50 ↑ +194%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $1,872.50 ↑ +194%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $1,872.50 ↑ +194%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,997.34 ↑ +214%
UNITED EXCHANGE $1,997.34 ↑ +214%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $2,065.41 ↑ +224%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $2,122.17 ↑ +233%
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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