Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$17.00

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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.

$10.40 with HealthFirst vs $241.87 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
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $10.40 ↓ -39%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $12.92 ↓ -24%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $14.45 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $14.79 ↓ -13%
Beechstreet All Commercial Plans $15.30 ↓ -10%
Devon All Commercial Plans $15.30 ↓ -10%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $15.69 ↓ -8%
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $15.69 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $15.69 ↓ -8%
First Health All Commercial Plans $15.81 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $15.98 ↓ -6%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $16.58 ↓ -2%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $21.29 ↑ +25%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $21.29 ↑ +25%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $21.40 ↑ +26%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +32%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +32%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.08 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $23.08 ↑ +36%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $23.08 ↑ +36%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $23.08 ↑ +36%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $23.19 ↑ +36%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $23.53 ↑ +38%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $23.53 ↑ +38%
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $25.00 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $32.66 ↑ +92%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $36.56 ↑ +115%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $59.73 ↑ +251%
VNS Health Medicaid $59.73 ↑ +251%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $59.73 ↑ +251%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $59.73 ↑ +251%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $59.73 ↑ +251%
United Healthcare Medicaid $63.67 ↑ +275%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $63.91 ↑ +276%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $66.47 ↑ +291%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $68.69 ↑ +304%
Amida Care Medicaid $68.69 ↑ +304%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $89.60 ↑ +427%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $134.39 ↑ +691%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $149.33 ↑ +778%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $149.33 ↑ +778%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $198.30 ↑ +1066%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $218.46 ↑ +1185%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $241.87 ↑ +1323%

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $22.41 $1.00 – $55.69
Harlem Hospital Center New York $22.41 $1.00 – $33.62
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $22.41 $1.00 – $55.69
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $22.41 $1.00 – $33.62
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $22.41 $1.00 – $33.62
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $111.60 $7.50 – $167.40
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $22.41 $1.00 – $55.69
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $22.41 $1.00 – $55.69

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