Everything on this site
A complete index of NYC Med News: every guide, tool, neighborhood page and glossary term, grouped by section.
Every page we publish, in one list. If you’re looking for something specific, pressing / anywhere on the site opens search.
Spanish pages are indexed separately at /es/.
Costs
What health care actually costs in New York City, what a hospital is legally allowed to charge you, and what to do when the bill arrives.
- NYU Langone Bills: How to Reach Billing and Apply for Assistance guide
- What an Emergency Room Visit Actually Bills You For guide
- Mount Sinai Bills and Financial Assistance guide
- No Health Insurance in New York? What You Can Do This Week pillar
- What an MRI Costs in New York, and Why It Varies So Much guide
- Do You Qualify for Free Hospital Care in New York? calculator
- Montefiore Bills and Financial Assistance guide
- What Childbirth Costs in New York: How the Bill Is Built guide
- Can This Hospital Bill Be Reduced? Check Which Rule Applies calculator
- ER, Urgent Care or Telehealth in NYC: What Each Actually Costs guide
- NewYork-Presbyterian Bills and Financial Assistance guide
- Northwell Bills and Financial Assistance guide
- Surprise Medical Bills in New York: The Playbook guide
- Hospital Price Files: How to Find the Real Number guide
- Your Medical Bill Is Wrong More Often Than You Think guide
- Medical Debt in New York: What Collectors Can and Cannot Do guide
Coverage
Every health coverage option available to New Yorkers — Medicaid, the Essential Plan, Child Health Plus, Medicare, marketplace plans, NYC Care — and who qualifies for which.
- Which Health Program Are You Likely Eligible For in New York? calculator
- 2026 Income Limits for Every New York Health Program guide
- Essential Plan Income Limits for 2026 guide
- Healthfirst in New York: What It Is and How to Check Your Doctor guide
- If Your Card Says 1199 SEIU guide
- Fidelis Care: What to Know Before You Pick It guide
- NYC Care: Who Qualifies, What It Covers, What It Doesn't pillar
- The Essential Plan 200–250 Tier Ended: Your Options Now guide
- EmblemHealth and MetroPlus: New York's Two Local Plans guide
- Medicaid in New York: Who Qualifies, How to Apply, How to Keep It pillar
- Open Enrollment in New York: Dates, Deadlines and What to Do pillar
- Which NYC Health Plan Actually Covers Your Doctor guide
- Buying Coverage on NY State of Health: A Walkthrough guide
- Free and Low-Cost Health Coverage in New York City pillar
- Child Health Plus: Coverage for Kids in New York guide
- Medicare in New York: What the Fall Season Actually Decides guide
- You Just Lost Coverage: The First Week guide
Glossary of health coverage and billing terms
Deductible, coinsurance, MAGI, chargemaster, prior authorization — the vocabulary of American health coverage, explained with New York specifics.
- Federal poverty level (FPL) term
- Deductible term
- Copay term
- Coinsurance term
- Out-of-pocket maximum term
- Network (in-network and out-of-network) term
- Formulary term
- Prior authorization term
- Explanation of benefits (EOB) term
- Chargemaster term
- Charity care term
- EMTALA term
- Special enrollment period term
- MAGI (modified adjusted gross income) term
- Premium term
- Metal tiers (bronze, silver, gold, platinum) term
- Navigator term
- Sliding scale fee term
- Good faith estimate term
- Balance billing term
Neighborhoods
Where care is available in specific parts of New York City, in which languages, and under which plans.
- Getting Care in Washington Heights: What Exists and What It Costs neighborhood
- Getting Care in Inwood neighborhood
- Getting Care in Rego Park and Forest Hills neighborhood
- Jackson Heights: Getting Care in the Language You Actually Speak neighborhood
- Corona: Getting Covered When You're Paid in Cash neighborhood
- Elmhurst: Living Next to a Public Hospital neighborhood
- Getting Care in Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay neighborhood
- Getting Care in Flushing neighborhood
News
What changed in New York health coverage, costs and access — with links to the primary sources.
Rights
What you're entitled to in a New York health care setting — an interpreter, your records, an appeal, and protections that don't depend on your immigration status.
- What an Emergency Room Must Do for You guide
- You Have the Right to an Interpreter — Here's How to Use It guide
- Immigration Status and Medical Care in New York: What Is Protected guide
- How to Appeal a Denied Claim in New York guide
- Getting Your Medical Records in New York guide
- When a Medical Bill Goes to Collections guide
- What to Say: Scripts for the Front Desk, Billing and Your Plan guide
Who writes NYC Med News
The two editors behind NYC Med News, what each covers, and how to reach them.
- Iris Delgado author
- Nathan Brody author