Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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

$233.00

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.

$12.00 with 1199SEIU Funds vs $483.95 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 $12.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $20.48 ↓ -91%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $22.92 ↓ -90%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $36.63 ↓ -84%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $39.08 ↓ -83%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $44.12 ↓ -81%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $44.12 ↓ -81%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $46.44 ↓ -80%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $46.44 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $46.44 ↓ -80%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $46.44 ↓ -80%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $47.83 ↓ -79%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $47.83 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $47.83 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $47.83 ↓ -79%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $48.07 ↓ -79%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $48.76 ↓ -79%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $48.76 ↓ -79%
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $107.18 ↓ -54%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $119.51 ↓ -49%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $119.51 ↓ -49%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $119.51 ↓ -49%
VNS Health Medicaid $119.51 ↓ -49%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $119.51 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicaid $127.39 ↓ -45%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $127.88 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $133.00 ↓ -43%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $137.44 ↓ -41%
Amida Care Medicaid $137.44 ↓ -41%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $142.60 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial $161.47 ↓ -31%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $177.08 ↓ -24%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $179.27 ↓ -23%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $186.96 ↓ -20%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $198.05 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $202.71 ↓ -13%
Devon All Commercial Plans $209.70 ↓ -10%
Beechstreet All Commercial Plans $209.70 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $216.69 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $219.02 ↓ -6%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $268.90 ↑ +15%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $298.78 ↑ +28%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $298.78 ↑ +28%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $396.77 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $437.11 ↑ +88%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $483.95 ↑ +108%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $46.45 $1.00 – $129.01
Harlem Hospital Center New York $46.45 $1.00 – $83.07
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $46.45 $1.00 – $129.01
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $46.45 $1.00 – $83.07
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $46.45 $1.00 – $83.07
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $88.20 $6.01 – $132.30
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $46.45 $1.00 – $129.01
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $46.45 $1.00 – $129.01

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