Crystal identification light microscopy at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital

1980 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1881659274

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$148.00

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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.

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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.

$5.13 with EmblemHealth vs $306.13 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

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
EmblemHealth nystateofhealth plans $5.13 ↓ -97%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $5.13 ↓ -97%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $5.13 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $6.91 ↓ -95%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $6.96 ↓ -95%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $6.96 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.17 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.33 ↓ -95%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $7.33 ↓ -95%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $7.55 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.55 ↓ -95%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $7.55 ↓ -95%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $7.59 ↓ -95%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -95%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -95%
MVP Health Medicare Advantage $8.06 ↓ -95%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $9.16 ↓ -94%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $9.16 ↓ -94%
MVP Health Plan All Commercial Plans $31.08 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial $65.27 ↓ -56%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $75.60 ↓ -49%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $75.60 ↓ -49%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $75.60 ↓ -49%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $75.60 ↓ -49%
VNS Health Medicaid $75.60 ↓ -49%
MVP Health Medicaid/Child Health Plus $75.60 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicaid $80.58 ↓ -46%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $80.89 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $84.13 ↓ -43%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $86.94 ↓ -41%
Amida Care Medicaid $86.94 ↓ -41%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $90.58 ↓ -39%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $102.12 ↓ -31%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $111.00 ↓ -25%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $112.48 ↓ -24%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $113.40 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare All HMO Plans $117.04 ↓ -21%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $118.40 ↓ -20%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $122.82 ↓ -17%
First Health All Commercial Plans $125.80 ↓ -15%
MVP Health nystateofhealth plans $132.30 ↓ -11%
MVP Health All NYS Essential Plans $162.54 ↑ +10%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $170.10 ↑ +15%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $189.00 ↑ +28%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $189.00 ↑ +28%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $250.99 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $276.50 ↑ +87%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $306.13 ↑ +107%

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $44.00 $5.13 – $87.39
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
Harlem Hospital Center New York $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $17.40 $7.33 – $26.10
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56

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