Culture body fluid 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

$233.00

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.

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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.

$6.03 with EmblemHealth vs $198.05 with First Health — 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
EmblemHealth nystateofhealth plans $6.03 ↓ -97%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $6.03 ↓ -97%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $6.03 ↓ -97%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $8.19 ↓ -96%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $8.19 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8.23 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.43 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.62 ↓ -96%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $8.62 ↓ -96%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $8.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.88 ↓ -96%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $8.88 ↓ -96%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $8.92 ↓ -96%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $9.05 ↓ -96%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $9.05 ↓ -96%
MVP Health Medicare Advantage $9.48 ↓ -96%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $10.78 ↓ -95%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $10.78 ↓ -95%
MVP Health Medicaid/Child Health Plus $38.18 ↓ -84%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $38.18 ↓ -84%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $38.18 ↓ -84%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $38.18 ↓ -84%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $38.18 ↓ -84%
VNS Health Medicaid $38.18 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicaid $40.70 ↓ -83%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $40.85 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $42.49 ↓ -82%
Amida Care Medicaid $43.91 ↓ -81%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $43.91 ↓ -81%
MVP Health Plan All Commercial Plans $48.93 ↓ -79%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $57.27 ↓ -75%
MVP Health nystateofhealth plans $66.82 ↓ -71%
MVP Health All NYS Essential Plans $82.09 ↓ -65%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $85.91 ↓ -63%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $95.45 ↓ -59%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $95.45 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $102.75 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare All HMO Plans $117.04 ↓ -50%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $122.82 ↓ -47%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $126.76 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $139.65 ↓ -40%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $142.60 ↓ -39%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $154.61 ↓ -34%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $160.77 ↓ -31%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $174.75 ↓ -25%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $177.08 ↓ -24%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $186.40 ↓ -20%
First Health All Commercial Plans $198.05 ↓ -15%

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NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $233.00 $6.03 – $44.36
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $8.62 $1.00 – $21.79
Harlem Hospital Center New York $8.62 $1.00 – $21.79
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $8.62 $1.00 – $21.79
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $8.62 $1.00 – $21.79
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $8.62 $1.00 – $21.79
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $21.00 $6.90 – $31.50
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