Insert cath pleura without image 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

$2,244.82

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.

$5,140.85

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.

$128.19 with PB - AETNA vs $4,112.68 with MULTIPLAN — 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 $128.19 ↓ -94%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $136.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $137.03 ↓ -94%
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $137.39 ↓ -94%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $160.00 ↓ -93%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $160.00 ↓ -93%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $176.00 ↓ -92%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $192.00 ↓ -91%
Fidelis MAP $197.32 ↓ -91%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $220.50 ↓ -90%
Healthfirst MAP $220.50 ↓ -90%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $224.00 ↓ -90%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $224.00 ↓ -90%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $450.00 ↓ -80%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $493.00 ↓ -78%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $567.38 ↓ -75%
Healthfirst HARP $621.36 ↓ -72%
Healthfirst CHP $621.36 ↓ -72%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $621.36 ↓ -72%
MetroPlus HARP $748.63 ↓ -67%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $748.63 ↓ -67%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $748.63 ↓ -67%
Fidelis CHP $748.63 ↓ -67%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $748.63 ↓ -67%
MetroPlus SNP $748.63 ↓ -67%
MetroPlus Gold $748.63 ↓ -67%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $748.63 ↓ -67%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $748.63 ↓ -67%
MetroPlus CHP $748.63 ↓ -67%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $748.63 ↓ -67%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $748.63 ↓ -67%
UNITED HARP $748.63 ↓ -67%
UNITED CHP $748.63 ↓ -67%
Carelon GHI BMP $748.63 ↓ -67%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $748.63 ↓ -67%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $763.60 ↓ -66%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $763.60 ↓ -66%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $763.60 ↓ -66%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $763.60 ↓ -66%
VNSNY MAP $763.60 ↓ -66%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $781.00 ↓ -65%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $801.03 ↓ -64%
OXFORD Liberty $820.00 ↓ -63%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $823.49 ↓ -63%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $836.00 ↓ -63%
OXFORD Freedom $926.00 ↓ -59%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $935.79 ↓ -58%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $1,010.65 ↓ -55%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $1,010.65 ↓ -55%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $1,016.00 ↓ -55%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $1,016.00 ↓ -55%
UNITED EXCHANGE $1,040.00 ↓ -54%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,147.00 ↓ -49%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $1,197.81 ↓ -47%
Healthfirst Small Group $1,220.27 ↓ -46%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $1,235.00 ↓ -45%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,466.00 ↓ -35%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,500.00 ↓ -33%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $1,536.00 ↓ -32%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $1,536.00 ↓ -32%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $1,579.00 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,684.42 ↓ -25%
ANTHEM EPO $1,707.00 ↓ -24%
ANTHEM PPO $1,707.00 ↓ -24%
ANTHEM HMO $1,707.00 ↓ -24%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $1,707.00 ↓ -24%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,244.82 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $2,244.82 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $2,244.82 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $2,244.82 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,244.82 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $2,244.82 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $2,244.82 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,357.06 ↑ +5%
Centerlight PACE $2,395.34 ↑ +7%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $2,395.34 ↑ +7%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,424.41 ↑ +8%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,515.11 ↑ +12%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $2,706.74 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,706.74 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus MAP $2,706.74 ↑ +21%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,806.03 ↑ +25%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $3,187.64 ↑ +42%
VillageCare Max MAP $3,593.01 ↑ +60%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,593.01 ↑ +60%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $3,855.64 ↑ +72%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $3,855.64 ↑ +72%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $3,855.64 ↑ +72%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $3,855.64 ↑ +72%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,112.68 ↑ +83%
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS 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
Anthem HealthPlus CHP 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
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital

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