Incise skull for treatment 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

$7,578.32

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.

$4,781.00

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.

$831.77 with PB - ANTHEM vs $11,367.48 with EMBLEM — same scan, same building. Share

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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 - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $831.77 ↓ -89%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,657.00 ↓ -78%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,657.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,949.18 ↓ -74%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,058.36 ↓ -73%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,058.36 ↓ -73%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $2,390.50 ↓ -68%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,390.50 ↓ -68%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $2,515.84 ↓ -67%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $2,515.84 ↓ -67%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $2,515.84 ↓ -67%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,629.55 ↓ -65%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $2,685.95 ↓ -65%
Healthfirst HARP $2,685.95 ↓ -65%
Healthfirst CHP $2,685.95 ↓ -65%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,868.60 ↓ -62%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
Fidelis CHP $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
Carelon GHI BMP $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
UNITED CHP $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
UNITED HARP $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
MetroPlus SNP $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
MetroPlus HARP $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
MetroPlus Gold $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
MetroPlus CHP $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $3,236.09 ↓ -57%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $3,300.81 ↓ -56%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $3,300.81 ↓ -56%
VNSNY MAP $3,300.81 ↓ -56%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $3,300.81 ↓ -56%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $3,300.81 ↓ -56%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $3,346.70 ↓ -56%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $3,346.70 ↓ -56%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $3,462.62 ↓ -54%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3,489.03 ↓ -54%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $3,539.39 ↓ -53%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $3,559.70 ↓ -53%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $4,045.11 ↓ -47%
Healthfirst MAP $4,179.04 ↓ -45%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,179.04 ↓ -45%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $4,264.32 ↓ -44%
Centerlight PACE $4,264.32 ↓ -44%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $4,264.32 ↓ -44%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $4,368.72 ↓ -42%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $4,368.72 ↓ -42%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,477.54 ↓ -41%
MetroPlus MAP $4,818.68 ↓ -36%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,818.68 ↓ -36%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $4,818.68 ↓ -36%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $5,177.74 ↓ -32%
Healthfirst Small Group $5,274.83 ↓ -30%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,062.66 ↓ -20%
VillageCare Max MAP $6,396.48 ↓ -16%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $6,396.48 ↓ -16%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,396.48 ↓ -16%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $7,281.20 ↓ -4%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,578.32 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $7,578.32 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $7,578.32 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $7,578.32 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $7,578.32 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $7,578.32 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,957.24 ↑ +5%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $8,528.65 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $9,093.98 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $9,093.98 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $9,093.98 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $9,093.98 ↑ +20%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $10,761.21 ↑ +42%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,215.91 ↑ +48%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,367.48 ↑ +50%
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital —
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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Incise skull for treatment at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York $7,578.32 $1,657.00 – $11,367.48
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $7,578.32 $831.77 – $11,367.48
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $7,578.32 $1,657.00 – $11,367.48
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $7,578.32 $1,657.00 – $11,367.48
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $7,578.32 $831.77 – $11,367.48
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $7,578.32 $831.77 – $11,367.48
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $7,578.32 $1,657.00 – $11,367.48
North Central Bronx Bronx $7,578.32 $1,657.00 – $11,367.48

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