Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$44.00

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.

$5.13 with EmblemHealth vs $307.71 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.

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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 All Commercial Plans $5.13 ↓ -88%
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $5.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial $5.13 ↓ -88%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $5.42 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $6.91 ↓ -84%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $6.96 ↓ -84%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $6.96 ↓ -84%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $7.33 ↓ -83%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $7.33 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.33 ↓ -83%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $7.33 ↓ -83%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $7.55 ↓ -83%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $7.55 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.55 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.55 ↓ -83%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $7.59 ↓ -83%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -83%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -83%
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $10.00 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $12.07 ↓ -73%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $13.51 ↓ -69%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $26.93 ↓ -39%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $33.44 ↓ -24%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $37.40 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $38.28 ↓ -13%
Beechstreet All Commercial Plans $39.60 ↓ -10%
Devon All Commercial Plans $39.60 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $40.92 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $41.36 ↓ -6%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $75.99 ↑ +73%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $75.99 ↑ +73%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $75.99 ↑ +73%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $75.99 ↑ +73%
VNS Health Medicaid $75.99 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Medicaid $81.00 ↑ +84%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $81.31 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $84.57 ↑ +92%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $87.39 ↑ +99%
Amida Care Medicaid $87.39 ↑ +99%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $113.98 ↑ +159%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $170.97 ↑ +289%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $189.97 ↑ +332%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $189.97 ↑ +332%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $252.28 ↑ +473%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $277.93 ↑ +532%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $307.71 ↑ +599%

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
Harlem Hospital Center New York $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $17.40 $7.33 – $26.10
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $7.33 $1.00 – $18.56

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