Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
1980 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1881659274
$6,587.99
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$695.01 with Anthem BCBS vs $7,229.31 with United Healthcare — 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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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem BCBS | Medicare Advantage | $695.01 | ↓ -89% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicare Advantage | $695.01 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $715.86 | ↓ -89% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicare Advantage | $731.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $731.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $731.59 | ↓ -89% |
| VNS Health | Medicare Advantage | $753.53 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $753.53 | ↓ -89% |
| Oxford Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $753.53 | ↓ -89% |
| WellCare | Medicare Advantage | $757.19 | ↓ -89% |
| HealthFirst | Medicare Advantage | $768.17 | ↓ -88% |
| Elderplan | Medicare Advantage | $768.17 | ↓ -88% |
| MVP Health | Medicare Advantage | $804.75 | ↓ -88% |
| MVP Health | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $877.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $877.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | nystateofhealth plans | $877.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $877.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicaid | $877.08 | ↓ -87% |
| VNS Health | Medicaid | $877.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $914.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Senior Whole Health | Medicare Advantage | $914.48 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid | $934.88 | ↓ -86% |
| HealthFirst | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $938.48 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Child Health Plus | $976.10 | ↓ -85% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $1,008.64 | ↓ -85% |
| Amida Care | Medicaid | $1,008.64 | ↓ -85% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Child Health Plus | $1,315.62 | ↓ -80% |
| MVP Health | nystateofhealth plans | $1,534.89 | ↓ -77% |
| MVP Health | All NYS Essential Plans | $1,885.73 | ↓ -71% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $1,973.43 | ↓ -70% |
| Fidelis Care | All NYS Essential Plans | $2,192.70 | ↓ -67% |
| Fidelis Care | nystateofhealth plans | $2,192.70 | ↓ -67% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | All NYS Essential Plans | $2,911.91 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,156.44 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $3,207.93 | ↓ -51% |
| HealthFirst | All Essential Plans | $3,551.65 | ↓ -46% |
| HealthFirst | nystateofhealth plans | $4,031.85 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $4,033.60 | ↓ -39% |
| EmblemHealth | nystateofhealth plans | $4,102.35 | ↓ -38% |
| Anthem BCBS | All Commercial Plans | $4,141.75 | ↓ -37% |
| Oxford Health Plans | All Commercial Plans | $4,244.73 | ↓ -36% |
| Consumer Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $4,940.99 | ↓ -25% |
| MagnaCare | All Commercial Plans | $5,006.87 | ↓ -24% |
| Claritev dba MultiPlan | All Commercial Plans | $5,270.39 | ↓ -20% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $5,599.79 | ↓ -15% |
| MVP Health Plan | All Commercial Plans | $6,755.00 | ↑ +3% |
| EmblemHealth | All Commercial Plans | $6,796.41 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | All HMO Plans | $7,229.31 | ↑ +10% |
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| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $731.62 | $0.01 – $884.85 |
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| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $731.62 | $0.01 – $1,174.58 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $731.62 | $0.01 – $1,174.58 |