Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1952347205
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Cash price 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 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.
$3,301.13 with Anthem BCBS Healthplus vs $15,982.32 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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 Healthplus | nystateofhealth plans | $3,301.13 | — |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicaid | $3,301.13 | — |
| Fidelis Care | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $3,301.13 | — |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $3,301.13 | — |
| VNS Health | Medicaid | $3,301.13 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid | $3,518.67 | — |
| HealthFirst | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $3,532.20 | — |
| United Healthcare | Child Health Plus | $3,673.82 | — |
| Amida Care | Medicaid | $3,796.29 | — |
| EmblemHealth | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $3,796.29 | — |
| EmblemHealth | All NYS Essential Plans | $4,293.45 | — |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Child Health Plus | $4,951.69 | — |
| 1199SEIU Funds | All Commercial Plans | $5,872.00 | — |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicare Advantage | $6,558.61 | — |
| Anthem BCBS | Medicare Advantage | $6,558.61 | — |
| Senior Whole Health | Medicare Advantage | $6,903.80 | — |
| EmblemHealth | Medicare Advantage | $6,903.80 | — |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $6,903.80 | — |
| Cigna Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $6,903.80 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $7,110.91 | — |
| Oxford Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $7,110.91 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $7,110.91 | — |
| VNS Health | Medicare Advantage | $7,110.91 | — |
| WellCare | Medicare Advantage | $7,145.43 | — |
| Elderplan | Medicare Advantage | $7,248.99 | — |
| HealthFirst | Medicare Advantage | $7,248.99 | — |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $7,427.53 | — |
| Cigna Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8,215.75 | — |
| Fidelis Care | nystateofhealth plans | $8,252.81 | — |
| Fidelis Care | All NYS Essential Plans | $8,252.81 | — |
| HealthFirst | nystateofhealth plans | $8,318.60 | — |
| EmblemHealth | All Commercial Plans | $8,819.95 | — |
| Oxford Health Plans | All Commercial Plans | $10,379.64 | — |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $10,459.41 | — |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | All NYS Essential Plans | $10,959.74 | — |
| United Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $12,073.87 | — |
| HealthFirst | All Essential Plans | $13,367.58 | — |
| Anthem BCBS | All Commercial Plans | $14,653.15 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial | $15,982.32 | — |
| Consumer Health Network | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MagnaCare | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Claritev dba MultiPlan | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Beechstreet | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health Coventry | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Devon | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $6,904.15 | $0.01 – $11,319.80 |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $6,904.15 | $0.01 – $8,527.58 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $6,904.15 | $0.01 – $11,319.80 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $6,904.15 | $0.01 – $8,527.58 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $6,904.15 | $0.01 – $8,527.58 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $6,904.15 | $0.01 – $11,319.80 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $6,904.15 | $0.01 – $11,319.80 |
| South Brooklyn Health | Brooklyn | $6,904.15 | $0.01 – $8,527.58 |