Fit spectacles monofocal 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.

$43.00

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.

$16.00 with PB - AETNA vs $318.92 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
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $16.00
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $18.18
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.47
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.50
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $21.50
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $23.65
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.80
Fidelis MAP $28.04
PB - AFFINITY CHP $30.10
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $30.10
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.94
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $34.85
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $48.00
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $48.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $48.19
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $48.19
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $48.19
Healthfirst HARP $117.64
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $117.64
Healthfirst CHP $117.64
UNITED CHP $141.74
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $141.74
MetroPlus Gold $141.74
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $141.74
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $141.74
MetroPlus HARP $141.74
MetroPlus CHP $141.74
UNITED Managed Medicaid $141.74
UNITED HARP $141.74
MetroPlus SNP $141.74
Fidelis CHP $141.74
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $141.74
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $141.74
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $141.74
Carelon GHI BMP $141.74
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $141.74
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $144.57
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $144.57
VNSNY MAP $144.57
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $144.57
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $144.57
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $151.66
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $155.91
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $177.18
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $191.35
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $191.35
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $226.78
Healthfirst Small Group $231.04
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $318.92
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $318.92
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $318.92
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $318.92
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $318.92
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $318.92
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $318.92
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $318.92
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $318.92
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $318.92
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS 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
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Fit spectacles monofocal at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $19.47 – $48.19
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $16.00 – $48.19
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $19.80 – $48.19
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $19.80 – $48.19
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $18.18 – $48.19
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $18.18 – $48.19
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $19.80 – $48.19
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $19.80 – $48.19

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