Transcochlear approach/skull 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

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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.

$5,985.00

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.

$1,451.66 with PB - ANTHEM vs $8,612.37 with Healthfirst — 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 - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $1,451.66
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $2,622.00
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $2,622.00
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,713.13
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,851.04
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,851.04
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $2,992.50
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,992.50
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $3,177.01
Healthfirst CHP $3,177.01
Healthfirst HARP $3,177.01
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $3,291.75
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $3,503.27
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $3,503.27
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $3,503.27
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,591.00
UNITED CHP $3,827.72
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,827.72
MetroPlus SNP $3,827.72
MetroPlus Gold $3,827.72
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $3,827.72
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $3,827.72
MetroPlus HARP $3,827.72
MetroPlus CHP $3,827.72
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,827.72
UNITED HARP $3,827.72
Fidelis CHP $3,827.72
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $3,827.72
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $3,827.72
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $3,827.72
Carelon GHI BMP $3,827.72
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $3,827.72
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $3,904.27
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $3,904.27
VNSNY MAP $3,904.27
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $3,904.27
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $3,904.27
Fidelis MAP $3,906.91
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $4,095.66
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $4,189.50
PB - AFFINITY CHP $4,189.50
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $4,210.49
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $4,784.65
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $4,856.50
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $5,167.42
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $5,167.42
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $6,124.35
Healthfirst Small Group $6,239.18
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $8,612.37
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $8,612.37
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $8,612.37
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $8,612.37
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $8,612.37
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $8,612.37
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $8,612.37
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $8,612.37
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $8,612.37
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $8,612.37
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP 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
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital

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Transcochlear approach/skull at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $2,622.00 – $3,906.91
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $1,451.66 – $4,018.58
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $2,622.00 – $4,018.58
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $2,622.00 – $4,018.58
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $1,451.66 – $3,893.10
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $1,451.66 – $4,018.58
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $2,622.00 – $4,018.58
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $2,622.00 – $4,018.58

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