Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$9.44

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.

$34.60

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 $106.47 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 ↓ -89%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $7.01 ↓ -26%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.01 ↓ -26%
Healthfirst MAP $9.25 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $9.25 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.25 ↓ -2%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $9.44 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.44 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.44 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $9.44 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.44 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $9.44 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $9.44 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $9.44 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $9.44 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $9.44 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $9.44 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.44 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $9.44 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.91 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.91 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.20 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $10.67 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.67 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $10.67 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $11.33 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $11.33 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $11.33 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $11.33 ↑ +20%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.00 ↑ +27%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $12.00 ↑ +27%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $12.20 ↑ +29%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $13.20 ↑ +40%
OXFORD Freedom $13.77 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $13.77 ↑ +46%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $13.77 ↑ +46%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $14.00 ↑ +48%
VillageCare Max MAP $14.16 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.16 ↑ +50%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $14.16 ↑ +50%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.40 ↑ +53%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $16.80 ↑ +78%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $16.80 ↑ +78%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $22.49 ↑ +138%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $23.41 ↑ +148%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $23.41 ↑ +148%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $27.68 ↑ +193%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $27.68 ↑ +193%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $27.68 ↑ +193%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $29.41 ↑ +212%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $32.65 ↑ +246%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $32.65 ↑ +246%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $33.70 ↑ +257%
ANTHEM PPO $36.38 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM EPO $36.38 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $36.38 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM HMO $36.38 ↑ +285%
Healthfirst HARP $39.28 ↑ +316%
Healthfirst CHP $39.28 ↑ +316%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $39.28 ↑ +316%
UNITED HARP $47.32 ↑ +401%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $47.32 ↑ +401%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $47.32 ↑ +401%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $47.32 ↑ +401%
Fidelis CHP $47.32 ↑ +401%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $47.32 ↑ +401%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $47.32 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus CHP $47.33 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $47.33 ↑ +401%
UNITED CHP $47.33 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $47.33 ↑ +401%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $47.33 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus Gold $47.33 ↑ +401%
Carelon GHI BMP $47.33 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus HARP $47.33 ↑ +401%
MetroPlus SNP $47.33 ↑ +401%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $48.27 ↑ +411%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $48.27 ↑ +411%
VNSNY MAP $48.27 ↑ +411%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $48.27 ↑ +411%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $48.27 ↑ +411%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $50.63 ↑ +436%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $52.05 ↑ +451%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $59.16 ↑ +527%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $63.90 ↑ +577%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $63.90 ↑ +577%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $75.73 ↑ +702%
Healthfirst Small Group $77.15 ↑ +717%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $106.47 ↑ +1028%
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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