Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens

56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1952347205

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

$5,423.00

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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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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.

$271.73 with Anthem BCBS Healthplus vs $5,097.62 with Consumer Health Network — 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
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $271.73 ↓ -95%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $271.73 ↓ -95%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $286.03 ↓ -95%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $286.03 ↓ -95%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $286.03 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $286.03 ↓ -95%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $294.61 ↓ -95%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $294.61 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $294.61 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $294.61 ↓ -95%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $296.04 ↓ -95%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $300.33 ↓ -94%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $300.33 ↓ -94%
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $348.96 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $548.69 ↓ -90%
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $607.00 ↓ -89%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $614.15 ↓ -89%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $688.96 ↓ -87%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $688.96 ↓ -87%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $688.96 ↓ -87%
VNS Health Medicaid $688.96 ↓ -87%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $688.96 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicaid $734.36 ↓ -86%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $737.19 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $766.74 ↓ -86%
Amida Care Medicaid $792.30 ↓ -85%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $792.30 ↓ -85%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $1,033.44 ↓ -81%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $1,069.68 ↓ -80%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $1,550.16 ↓ -71%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $1,722.40 ↓ -68%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $1,722.40 ↓ -68%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $2,108.43 ↓ -61%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $2,287.34 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $2,519.87 ↓ -54%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,598.27 ↓ -52%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $2,789.87 ↓ -49%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $3,318.88 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial $3,758.14 ↓ -31%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $4,121.48 ↓ -24%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $4,609.55 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $4,718.01 ↓ -13%
Devon All Commercial Plans $4,880.70 ↓ -10%
Beechstreet All Commercial Plans $4,880.70 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $5,043.39 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $5,097.62 ↓ -6%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $286.04 $1.00 – $1,787.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York $286.04 $1.00 – $1,787.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $286.04 $1.00 – $1,787.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $286.04 $1.00 – $1,787.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $286.04 $1.00 – $1,787.00
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $682.20 $235.53 – $1,023.30
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $286.04 $1.00 – $1,787.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $286.04 $1.00 – $1,787.00

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