Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$699.00

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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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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.

$175.00 with 1199SEIU Funds vs $3,688.26 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.

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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
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $175.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $334.90 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $384.37 ↓ -45%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $427.79 ↓ -39%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $430.23 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial $484.41 ↓ -31%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $531.24 ↓ -24%
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $571.75 ↓ -18%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $594.15 ↓ -15%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $605.08 ↓ -13%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $605.08 ↓ -13%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $608.13 ↓ -13%
Devon All Commercial Plans $629.10 ↓ -10%
Beechstreet All Commercial Plans $629.10 ↓ -10%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $636.93 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $636.93 ↓ -9%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $636.93 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $636.93 ↓ -9%
First Health All Commercial Plans $650.07 ↓ -7%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $656.04 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $656.04 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $656.04 ↓ -6%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $656.04 ↓ -6%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $657.06 ↓ -6%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $659.22 ↓ -6%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $668.78 ↓ -4%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $668.78 ↓ -4%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $910.82 ↑ +30%
VNS Health Medicaid $910.82 ↑ +30%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $910.82 ↑ +30%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $910.82 ↑ +30%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $910.82 ↑ +30%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $947.09 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Medicaid $970.84 ↑ +39%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $974.58 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $1,013.65 ↑ +45%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $1,047.44 ↑ +50%
Amida Care Medicaid $1,047.44 ↑ +50%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $1,366.22 ↑ +95%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $2,049.33 ↑ +193%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $2,277.04 ↑ +226%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $2,277.04 ↑ +226%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $3,023.91 ↑ +333%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $3,331.31 ↑ +377%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $3,453.17 ↑ +394%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $3,688.26 ↑ +428%

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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $636.97 $212.00 – $1,016.67
Harlem Hospital Center New York $636.97 $279.78 – $1,016.67
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $636.97 $212.00 – $1,016.67
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $636.97 $279.78 – $1,016.67
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $636.97 $279.78 – $1,016.67
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $636.97 $212.00 – $1,016.67
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $636.97 $212.00 – $1,016.67
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $636.97 $279.78 – $1,016.67

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