Chest CT scan (with and 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

$4,811.00

Cash price

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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

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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.

$200.12 with Anthem BCBS Healthplus vs $4,522.34 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
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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 $200.12 ↓ -96%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $200.12 ↓ -96%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $210.65 ↓ -96%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $210.65 ↓ -96%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $210.65 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $210.65 ↓ -96%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $216.97 ↓ -95%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $216.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $216.97 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $216.97 ↓ -95%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $218.02 ↓ -95%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $221.18 ↓ -95%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $221.18 ↓ -95%
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $302.51 ↓ -94%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $448.56 ↓ -91%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $448.56 ↓ -91%
VNS Health Medicaid $448.56 ↓ -91%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $448.56 ↓ -91%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $448.56 ↓ -91%
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $450.00 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicaid $478.12 ↓ -90%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $479.96 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $499.20 ↓ -90%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $515.84 ↓ -89%
Amida Care Medicaid $515.84 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $534.78 ↓ -89%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $598.58 ↓ -88%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $672.84 ↓ -86%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $938.11 ↓ -81%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $1,009.25 ↓ -79%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $1,121.39 ↓ -77%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $1,121.39 ↓ -77%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $1,489.21 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $1,640.60 ↓ -66%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $1,816.39 ↓ -62%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $1,854.05 ↓ -61%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $2,305.05 ↓ -52%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $2,944.33 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial $3,334.02 ↓ -31%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $3,656.36 ↓ -24%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $4,089.35 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $4,185.57 ↓ -13%
Devon All Commercial Plans $4,329.90 ↓ -10%
Beechstreet All Commercial Plans $4,329.90 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $4,474.23 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $4,522.34 ↓ -6%

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Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $210.66 $1.00 – $1,290.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York $210.66 $1.00 – $1,290.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $210.66 $1.00 – $1,290.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $210.66 $1.00 – $1,290.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $210.66 $1.00 – $1,290.00
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $794.40 $209.21 – $1,191.60
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $210.66 $1.00 – $1,290.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $210.66 $1.00 – $1,290.00

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