Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) 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 17, 2026

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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.

$331.84 with Anthem BCBS vs $8,819.95 with EmblemHealth — 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
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $331.84 —
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $331.84 —
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $349.30 —
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $349.30 —
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $349.30 —
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $349.30 —
Aetna Medicare Advantage $359.78 —
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $359.78 —
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $359.78 —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $359.78 —
WellCare Medicare Advantage $361.53 —
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $366.77 —
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $366.77 —
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $422.00 —
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $485.89 —
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $485.89 —
VNS Health Medicaid $485.89 —
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $485.89 —
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $485.89 —
United Healthcare Medicaid $517.91 —
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $519.90 —
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $540.74 —
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $558.77 —
Amida Care Medicaid $558.77 —
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $728.83 —
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $1,093.24 —
Aetna Commercial $1,145.33 —
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $1,214.71 —
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $1,214.71 —
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $1,613.14 —
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $1,777.13 —
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $1,967.55 —
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $2,199.08 —
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $3,296.13 —
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $3,319.97 —
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $4,293.45 —
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $4,376.21 —
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8,215.75 —
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $8,819.95 —
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans not published by hospital —
Devon All Commercial Plans not published by hospital —
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans not published by hospital —
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans not published by hospital —
First Health All Commercial Plans not published by hospital —
Beechstreet All Commercial Plans not published by hospital —
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans not published by hospital —

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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $349.32 $0.01 – $781.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York $349.32 $0.01 – $781.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $349.32 $0.01 – $781.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $349.32 $0.01 – $781.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $349.32 $0.01 – $781.00
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $168.60 $29.38 – $371.49
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $349.32 $0.01 – $781.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $349.32 $0.01 – $781.00

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