Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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

$239.00

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.

$9.37 with EmblemHealth vs $245.13 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
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $9.37 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial $9.37 ↓ -96%
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $9.37 ↓ -96%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $9.37 ↓ -96%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $9.91 ↓ -96%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $12.72 ↓ -95%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $12.72 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $12.85 ↓ -95%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $13.39 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.39 ↓ -94%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $13.39 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.79 ↓ -94%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $13.79 ↓ -94%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $13.79 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.79 ↓ -94%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $13.86 ↓ -94%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $14.06 ↓ -94%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $14.06 ↓ -94%
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $19.00 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $22.62 ↓ -91%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $25.32 ↓ -89%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $60.53 ↓ -75%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $60.53 ↓ -75%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $60.53 ↓ -75%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $60.53 ↓ -75%
VNS Health Medicaid $60.53 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicaid $64.52 ↓ -73%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $64.77 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $67.37 ↓ -72%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $69.61 ↓ -71%
Amida Care Medicaid $69.61 ↓ -71%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $90.80 ↓ -62%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $136.20 ↓ -43%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $146.27 ↓ -39%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $151.33 ↓ -37%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $151.33 ↓ -37%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $181.64 ↓ -24%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $200.97 ↓ -16%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $203.15 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $207.93 ↓ -13%
Devon All Commercial Plans $215.10 ↓ -10%
Beechstreet All Commercial Plans $215.10 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $221.40 ↓ -7%
First Health All Commercial Plans $222.27 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $224.66 ↓ -6%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $245.13 ↑ +3%

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