Lymphocyte culture mixed 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

$36.56

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.

$91.00

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.

$29.25 with Hamaspik vs $202.39 with Healthfirst — 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
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.25 ↓ -20%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $30.34 ↓ -17%
Healthfirst MAP $35.83 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.83 ↓ -2%
VACCN All Products $36.56 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $36.56 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $36.56 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $36.56 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.56 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $36.56 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.56 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $36.56 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $36.56 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $36.56 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.56 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.39 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.39 ↑ +5%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.31 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $41.31 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $41.31 ↑ +13%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $41.92 ↑ +15%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.92 ↑ +15%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $43.87 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $43.87 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $43.87 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $43.87 ↑ +20%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $44.24 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $44.24 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $44.24 ↑ +21%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $45.50 ↑ +24%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.50 ↑ +24%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $50.05 ↑ +37%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $54.11 ↑ +48%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $54.50 ↑ +49%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $54.60 ↑ +49%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $54.84 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MAP $54.84 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $54.84 ↑ +50%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $63.70 ↑ +74%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $63.70 ↑ +74%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $73.12 ↑ +100%
Healthfirst CHP $74.66 ↑ +104%
Healthfirst HARP $74.66 ↑ +104%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $74.66 ↑ +104%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $79.00 ↑ +116%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $79.00 ↑ +116%
OXFORD Liberty $82.44 ↑ +125%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $82.44 ↑ +125%
OXFORD Freedom $82.44 ↑ +125%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $89.95 ↑ +146%
MetroPlus CHP $89.95 ↑ +146%
UNITED HARP $89.95 ↑ +146%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $89.95 ↑ +146%
Carelon GHI BMP $89.95 ↑ +146%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $89.95 ↑ +146%
MetroPlus Gold $89.95 ↑ +146%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $89.95 ↑ +146%
MetroPlus HARP $89.95 ↑ +146%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $89.95 ↑ +146%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $89.95 ↑ +146%
Fidelis CHP $89.95 ↑ +146%
MetroPlus SNP $89.95 ↑ +146%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $89.95 ↑ +146%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $89.95 ↑ +146%
UNITED CHP $89.95 ↑ +146%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $91.20 ↑ +149%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $91.20 ↑ +149%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $91.75 ↑ +151%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $91.75 ↑ +151%
VNSNY MAP $91.75 ↑ +151%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $91.75 ↑ +151%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $91.75 ↑ +151%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $96.25 ↑ +163%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $98.95 ↑ +171%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $112.44 ↑ +208%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $121.43 ↑ +232%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $121.43 ↑ +232%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $126.39 ↑ +246%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $126.39 ↑ +246%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $130.45 ↑ +257%
ANTHEM HMO $140.84 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $140.84 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM EPO $140.84 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM PPO $140.84 ↑ +285%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $143.92 ↑ +294%
Healthfirst Small Group $146.62 ↑ +301%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $202.39 ↑ +454%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $202.39 ↑ +454%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $202.39 ↑ +454%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $202.39 ↑ +454%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $202.39 ↑ +454%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $202.39 ↑ +454%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $202.39 ↑ +454%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $202.39 ↑ +454%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $202.39 ↑ +454%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $202.39 ↑ +454%
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 ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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