Drainage external ear simple 69000 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

$4,506.00

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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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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.

$129.00 with 1199SEIU Funds vs $4,235.64 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

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

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 $129.00 ↓ -97%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $184.41 ↓ -96%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $184.41 ↓ -96%
VNS Health Medicaid $184.41 ↓ -96%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $184.41 ↓ -96%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $184.41 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicaid $196.57 ↓ -96%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $197.32 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $205.23 ↓ -95%
Amida Care Medicaid $212.07 ↓ -95%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $212.07 ↓ -95%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $276.62 ↓ -94%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $414.93 ↓ -91%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $461.03 ↓ -90%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $461.03 ↓ -90%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $612.25 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $674.49 ↓ -85%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $746.76 ↓ -83%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $790.93 ↓ -82%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $790.93 ↓ -82%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $832.56 ↓ -82%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $832.56 ↓ -82%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $832.56 ↓ -82%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $832.56 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $857.54 ↓ -81%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $857.54 ↓ -81%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $857.54 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $857.54 ↓ -81%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $861.70 ↓ -81%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $874.19 ↓ -81%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $874.19 ↓ -81%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $1,127.50 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $1,182.58 ↓ -74%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $2,757.67 ↓ -39%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $3,424.56 ↓ -24%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $3,830.10 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $3,920.22 ↓ -13%
Beechstreet All Commercial Plans $4,055.40 ↓ -10%
Devon All Commercial Plans $4,055.40 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $4,190.58 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $4,235.64 ↓ -6%

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Drainage external ear simple 69000 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93
Harlem Hospital Center New York $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $832.60 $0.01 – $998.86
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $218.40 $53.75 – $2,904.64
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $832.60 $0.01 – $1,325.93

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