Echo exam of eye thickness 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

$29.55

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.

$270.78

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $355.93 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
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
UNITED EXCHANGE $1.00 ↓ -97%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $9.22 ↓ -69%
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $10.56 ↓ -64%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $11.81 ↓ -60%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.81 ↓ -60%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $12.68 ↓ -57%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.68 ↓ -57%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $12.68 ↓ -57%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $17.00 ↓ -42%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.00 ↓ -42%
Fidelis MAP $18.26 ↓ -38%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $18.70 ↓ -37%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $19.46 ↓ -34%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $19.46 ↓ -34%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $20.09 ↓ -32%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.40 ↓ -31%
OXFORD Freedom $21.66 ↓ -27%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $21.66 ↓ -27%
OXFORD Liberty $21.66 ↓ -27%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $21.68 ↓ -27%
ANTHEM EPO $21.68 ↓ -27%
ANTHEM HMO $21.68 ↓ -27%
ANTHEM PPO $21.68 ↓ -27%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $23.80 ↓ -19%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $23.80 ↓ -19%
Senior Whole Health MAP $28.98 ↓ -2%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.98 ↓ -2%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $28.98 ↓ -2%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.98 ↓ -2%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.98 ↓ -2%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $28.98 ↓ -2%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $28.98 ↓ -2%
VACCN All Products $28.98 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $29.97 ↑ +1%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.97 ↑ +1%
Healthfirst MAP $29.97 ↑ +1%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.43 ↑ +3%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.30 ↑ +6%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $36.10 ↑ +22%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $36.10 ↑ +22%
Centerlight PACE $36.10 ↑ +22%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.91 ↑ +28%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $40.80 ↑ +38%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.80 ↑ +38%
MetroPlus MAP $40.80 ↑ +38%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $41.15 ↑ +39%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $54.16 ↑ +83%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $54.16 ↑ +83%
VillageCare Max MAP $54.16 ↑ +83%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $68.00 ↑ +130%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $131.31 ↑ +344%
Healthfirst HARP $131.31 ↑ +344%
Healthfirst CHP $131.31 ↑ +344%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $158.19 ↑ +435%
UNITED HARP $158.19 ↑ +435%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $158.19 ↑ +435%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $158.19 ↑ +435%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $158.19 ↑ +435%
Fidelis CHP $158.19 ↑ +435%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $158.19 ↑ +435%
MetroPlus CHP $158.20 ↑ +435%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $158.20 ↑ +435%
MetroPlus HARP $158.20 ↑ +435%
MetroPlus SNP $158.20 ↑ +435%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $158.20 ↑ +435%
UNITED CHP $158.20 ↑ +435%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $158.20 ↑ +435%
Carelon GHI BMP $158.20 ↑ +435%
MetroPlus Gold $158.20 ↑ +435%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $161.35 ↑ +446%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $161.35 ↑ +446%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $161.35 ↑ +446%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $161.35 ↑ +446%
VNSNY MAP $161.35 ↑ +446%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $169.00 ↑ +472%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $169.26 ↑ +473%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $174.01 ↑ +489%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $176.01 ↑ +496%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $203.09 ↑ +587%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $203.09 ↑ +587%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $203.09 ↑ +587%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $203.09 ↑ +587%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $216.62 ↑ +633%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $237.30 ↑ +703%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $253.12 ↑ +757%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $253.12 ↑ +757%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $253.12 ↑ +757%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $257.00 ↑ +770%
Healthfirst Small Group $257.87 ↑ +773%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $355.93 ↑ +1105%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital

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