Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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

$26.49

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.

$66.00

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.

$18.50 with PB - AETNA vs $165.26 with Anthem HealthPlus — 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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.50 ↓ -30%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $18.50 ↓ -30%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.19 ↓ -20%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $21.99 ↓ -17%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $24.05 ↓ -9%
Healthfirst MAP $25.96 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.96 ↓ -2%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.49 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $26.49 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $26.49 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $26.49 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.49 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.49 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $26.49 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $26.49 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $26.49 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $26.49 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $26.49 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.81 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.81 ↑ +5%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $29.93 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $29.93 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.93 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $31.79 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $31.79 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $31.79 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $31.79 ↑ +20%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $32.05 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $32.05 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $32.05 ↑ +21%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $33.00 ↑ +25%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.00 ↑ +25%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $36.30 ↑ +37%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $38.68 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Freedom $38.68 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $38.68 ↑ +46%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.21 ↑ +48%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.60 ↑ +49%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.74 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MAP $39.74 ↑ +50%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $39.74 ↑ +50%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $46.20 ↑ +74%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $46.20 ↑ +74%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $52.98 ↑ +100%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $56.10 ↑ +112%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $60.96 ↑ +130%
Healthfirst CHP $60.96 ↑ +130%
Healthfirst HARP $60.96 ↑ +130%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $66.18 ↑ +150%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $66.18 ↑ +150%
UNITED CHP $73.45 ↑ +177%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $73.45 ↑ +177%
Fidelis CHP $73.45 ↑ +177%
MetroPlus CHP $73.45 ↑ +177%
MetroPlus Gold $73.45 ↑ +177%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $73.45 ↑ +177%
MetroPlus HARP $73.45 ↑ +177%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $73.45 ↑ +177%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $73.45 ↑ +177%
MetroPlus SNP $73.45 ↑ +177%
Carelon GHI BMP $73.45 ↑ +177%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $73.45 ↑ +177%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $73.45 ↑ +177%
UNITED HARP $73.45 ↑ +177%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $73.45 ↑ +177%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $73.45 ↑ +177%
VNSNY MAP $74.92 ↑ +183%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $74.92 ↑ +183%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $74.92 ↑ +183%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $74.92 ↑ +183%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $74.92 ↑ +183%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $78.59 ↑ +197%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $80.80 ↑ +205%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $91.59 ↑ +246%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $91.59 ↑ +246%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $91.81 ↑ +247%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $94.53 ↑ +257%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $99.16 ↑ +274%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $99.16 ↑ +274%
ANTHEM HMO $102.06 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM PPO $102.06 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $102.06 ↑ +285%
ANTHEM EPO $102.06 ↑ +285%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $117.52 ↑ +344%
Healthfirst Small Group $119.72 ↑ +352%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $165.26 ↑ +524%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $165.26 ↑ +524%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $165.26 ↑ +524%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $165.26 ↑ +524%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $165.26 ↑ +524%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $165.26 ↑ +524%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $165.26 ↑ +524%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $165.26 ↑ +524%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $165.26 ↑ +524%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $165.26 ↑ +524%
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-4 and 200-250 not published by hospital —

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