Cerebrospinal fluid scan at Bellevue Hospital Center
462 1st Ave New York, NY 10016, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1073535027
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Cash price 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 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.
$302.00 with Local 1199 vs $2,065.41 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Local 1199 | ALL PRODUCTS | $302.00 | — |
| Healthfirst | CHP | $761.92 | — |
| Healthfirst | Managed Medicaid | $761.92 | — |
| Healthfirst | HARP | $761.92 | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $917.96 | — |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $917.96 | — |
| UNITED | HARP | $917.96 | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | EXCHANGE | $917.96 | — |
| Fidelis | CHP | $917.96 | — |
| Carelon | Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP | $917.96 | — |
| Fidelis | HARP_Managed Medicaid | $917.96 | — |
| Carelon | GHI BMP | $917.97 | — |
| Carelon | Commercial_Essential Plans | $917.97 | — |
| MetroPlus | SNP | $917.97 | — |
| MetroPlus | Gold | $917.97 | — |
| MetroPlus | Goldcare 1 & 2 | $917.97 | — |
| MetroPlus | Managed Medicaid | $917.97 | — |
| MetroPlus | HARP | $917.97 | — |
| MetroPlus | CHP | $917.97 | — |
| UNITED | CHP | $917.97 | — |
| VNSNY | Medicaid SNP | $936.32 | — |
| Carelon (Amida Care) | Managed Medicaid | $936.32 | — |
| VNSNY | MAP | $936.32 | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | HARP | $936.32 | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | CHP | $936.32 | — |
| UNITED | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $982.22 | — |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Essential Plan | $1,009.76 | — |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Small Group | $1,073.44 | — |
| ANTHEM | Small Group EPO_PPO | $1,073.44 | — |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Large Group | $1,107.94 | — |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 3-4 | $1,147.46 | — |
| ANTHEM | INDEMNITY | $1,196.11 | — |
| ANTHEM | PPO | $1,196.11 | — |
| ANTHEM | EPO | $1,196.11 | — |
| ANTHEM | HMO | $1,196.11 | — |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 1-2 | $1,239.26 | — |
| Emblem | Essential Plan 200-250 | $1,239.26 | — |
| Healthfirst | EXCHANGE | $1,468.75 | — |
| Healthfirst | Small Group | $1,496.29 | — |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 1-2 | $2,065.41 | — |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 3-4 | $2,065.41 | — |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 200-250 | $2,065.41 | — |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 1-2 | $2,065.41 | — |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $2,065.41 | — |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $2,065.41 | — |
| Fidelis | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $2,065.41 | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $2,065.41 | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $2,065.41 | — |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $2,065.41 | — |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $2,065.41 | — |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 200-250 | $2,065.41 | — |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 3-4 | $2,065.41 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cerebrospinal fluid scan at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | not published | $302.00 – $1,069.60 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | not published | $302.00 – $1,069.60 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | not published | $302.00 – $1,073.44 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | not published | $302.00 – $1,069.60 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | not published | $302.00 – $1,077.27 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | not published | $302.00 – $1,069.60 |
| South Brooklyn Health | Brooklyn | not published | $302.00 – $1,069.60 |
| North Central Bronx | Bronx | not published | $302.00 – $1,061.93 |