Carotene at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1952347205
$18.00
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.
not published by hospital
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.
$6.45 with EmblemHealth vs $139.71 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EmblemHealth | All Commercial Plans | $6.45 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $6.45 | ↓ -64% |
| EmblemHealth | All NYS Essential Plans | $6.45 | ↓ -64% |
| Anthem BCBS | All Commercial Plans | $6.82 | ↓ -62% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicare Advantage | $8.76 | ↓ -51% |
| Anthem BCBS | Medicare Advantage | $8.76 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8.89 | ↓ -51% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicare Advantage | $9.22 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $9.22 | ↓ -49% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $9.22 | ↓ -49% |
| Senior Whole Health | Medicare Advantage | $9.22 | ↓ -49% |
| VNS Health | Medicare Advantage | $9.50 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $9.50 | ↓ -47% |
| Oxford Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $9.50 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $9.50 | ↓ -47% |
| WellCare | Medicare Advantage | $9.54 | ↓ -47% |
| Elderplan | Medicare Advantage | $9.68 | ↓ -46% |
| HealthFirst | Medicare Advantage | $9.68 | ↓ -46% |
| HealthFirst | nystateofhealth plans | $11.02 | ↓ -39% |
| 1199SEIU Funds | All Commercial Plans | $13.00 | ↓ -28% |
| MagnaCare | All Commercial Plans | $13.68 | ↓ -24% |
| Claritev dba MultiPlan | All Commercial Plans | $15.30 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $15.58 | ↓ -13% |
| First Health Coventry | All Commercial Plans | $15.66 | ↓ -13% |
| Beechstreet | All Commercial Plans | $16.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Devon | All Commercial Plans | $16.20 | ↓ -10% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $16.74 | ↓ -7% |
| Consumer Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $16.92 | ↓ -6% |
| Oxford Health Plans | All Commercial Plans | $17.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $34.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $34.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicaid | $34.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | nystateofhealth plans | $34.50 | ↑ +92% |
| VNS Health | Medicaid | $34.50 | ↑ +92% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid | $36.78 | ↑ +104% |
| HealthFirst | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $36.92 | ↑ +105% |
| United Healthcare | Child Health Plus | $38.40 | ↑ +113% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $39.68 | ↑ +120% |
| Amida Care | Medicaid | $39.68 | ↑ +120% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Child Health Plus | $51.75 | ↑ +188% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $77.63 | ↑ +331% |
| Fidelis Care | nystateofhealth plans | $86.26 | ↑ +379% |
| Fidelis Care | All NYS Essential Plans | $86.26 | ↑ +379% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | All NYS Essential Plans | $114.55 | ↑ +536% |
| United Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $126.19 | ↑ +601% |
| HealthFirst | All Essential Plans | $139.71 | ↑ +676% |
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Carotene at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $9.22 | $1.00 – $23.41 |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $9.22 | $1.00 – $23.41 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $9.22 | $1.00 – $23.41 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $9.22 | $1.00 – $23.41 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $9.22 | $1.00 – $23.41 |
| UPMC Chautauqua | Jamestown | $99.00 | $9.22 – $148.50 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $9.22 | $1.00 – $23.41 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $9.22 | $1.00 – $23.41 |