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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with contrast) 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, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$444.73

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$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.

$156.16 with Healthfirst vs $1,832.09 with Affinity — 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

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
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Primary Services $156.16 ↓ -65%
Healthfirst HARP $249.85 ↓ -44%
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Specialist Services $249.85 ↓ -44%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $249.85 ↓ -44%
Affinity CHP $274.83 ↓ -38%
Healthfirst CHP $281.08 ↓ -37%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Specialist Services $290.45 ↓ -35%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Primary Services $306.06 ↓ -31%
Anthem HealthPlus HARP $312.31 ↓ -30%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $312.31 ↓ -30%
Anthem HealthPlus MLTC $312.31 ↓ -30%
Elderplan MAP $312.31 ↓ -30%
Anthem HealthPlus MAP $312.31 ↓ -30%
Healthfirst Small Group $312.31 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Managed Medicaid $312.31 ↓ -30%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $312.31 ↓ -30%
Centerlight PACE $312.31 ↓ -30%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $312.31 ↓ -30%
Fidelis CHP $312.31 ↓ -30%
Elderplan MLTC $312.31 ↓ -30%
Fidelis FHP $312.31 ↓ -30%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $312.31 ↓ -30%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $316.99 ↓ -29%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living Medicare Advantage $324.80 ↓ -27%
Hamaspik Medicare Advantage $327.93 ↓ -26%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $338.09 ↓ -24%
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $343.54 ↓ -23%
Aetna All Products $370.50 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $370.50 ↓ -17%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $374.77 ↓ -16%
Oscar All Products $390.39 ↓ -12%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $412.26 ↓ -7%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $412.26 ↓ -7%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $412.26 ↓ -7%
Fidelis QHC $416.15 ↓ -6%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $422.61 ↓ -5%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61 ↓ -5%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61 ↓ -5%
VACCN All Products $422.61 ↓ -5%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $422.61 ↓ -5%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $435.84 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MAP $435.84 ↓ -2%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.52 ↓ -1%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $443.74 ↓ -0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $443.74 ↓ -0%
Fidelis MAP $449.73 ↑ +1%
Anthem HealthPlus Exchange $473.94 ↑ +7%
UNITED HARP $500.00 ↑ +12%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $500.00 ↑ +12%
MetroPlus MAP $502.55 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $502.55 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $502.55 ↑ +13%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $535.00 ↑ +20%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $562.16 ↑ +26%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $562.16 ↑ +26%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $600.11 ↑ +35%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $611.33 ↑ +37%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $625.47 ↑ +41%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $633.92 ↑ +43%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.92 ↑ +43%
OXFORD Freedom $641.12 ↑ +44%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $641.12 ↑ +44%
OXFORD Liberty $641.12 ↑ +44%
UNITED EXCHANGE $641.12 ↑ +44%
VillageCare Max MAP $667.10 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $667.10 ↑ +50%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $681.75 ↑ +53%
MetroPlus HARP $743.35 ↑ +67%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $760.76 ↑ +71%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $760.76 ↑ +71%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $783.56 ↑ +76%
Local 1199 All Products $806.00 ↑ +81%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $814.26 ↑ +83%
MetroPlus CHP $814.26 ↑ +83%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $814.26 ↑ +83%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $814.26 ↑ +83%
MetroPlus Gold $814.26 ↑ +83%
MetroPlus SNP $814.26 ↑ +83%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $814.26 ↑ +83%
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $814.26 ↑ +83%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $814.26 ↑ +83%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $814.26 ↑ +83%
Senior Whole Health MAP $814.26 ↑ +83%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $814.26 ↑ +83%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $830.55 ↑ +87%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $830.55 ↑ +87%
VNSNY MAP $830.55 ↑ +87%
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $830.55 ↑ +87%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $830.55 ↑ +87%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $830.55 ↑ +87%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $845.23 ↑ +90%
ANTHEM EPO $846.24 ↑ +90%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $846.24 ↑ +90%
ANTHEM PPO $846.24 ↑ +90%
ANTHEM HMO $846.24 ↑ +90%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $895.69 ↑ +101%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $1,017.83 ↑ +129%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $1,017.83 ↑ +129%
UNITED CHP $1,017.83 ↑ +129%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,832.09 ↑ +312%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,832.09 ↑ +312%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,832.09 ↑ +312%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,832.09 ↑ +312%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,832.09 ↑ +312%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,832.09 ↑ +312%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,832.09 ↑ +312%
United Behavioral Health Exchange not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health All Products not published by hospital

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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $440.22 $160.25 – $2,555.74
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $736.20 $303.31 – $1,104.30
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $444.73 $158.78 – $2,555.74
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $444.73 $160.25 – $806.00
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $180.80 – $1,285.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $176.59 – $1,285.00
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $256.39 – $2,555.74
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $181.90 – $1,285.00

All New-york hospitals for this procedure →