Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at Queens Hospital Center

8268 164th St, Jamaica, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1801803903

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$7.18

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.

$124.75

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.

$5.74 with Hamaspik vs $346.00 with UNITED — 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
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.74 ↓ -20%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $5.78 ↓ -19%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.82 ↓ -5%
Healthfirst MAP $6.82 ↓ -5%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.85 ↓ -5%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $6.85 ↓ -5%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $6.96 ↓ -3%
Centerlight PACE $6.96 ↓ -3%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $6.96 ↓ -3%
Fidelis MAP $7.18 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $7.18 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $7.18 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.18 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $7.18 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $7.18 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $7.18 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.18 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $7.18 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +2%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.54 ↑ +5%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $7.86 ↑ +9%
MetroPlus MAP $7.86 ↑ +9%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.86 ↑ +9%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $8.00 ↑ +11%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $8.22 ↑ +14%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $8.22 ↑ +14%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $8.22 ↑ +14%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.50 ↑ +18%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $8.50 ↑ +18%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $8.62 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $8.62 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $8.62 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $8.62 ↑ +20%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $9.35 ↑ +30%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.20 ↑ +42%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.44 ↑ +45%
VillageCare Max MAP $10.44 ↑ +45%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $10.44 ↑ +45%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.63 ↑ +48%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $11.90 ↑ +66%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $11.90 ↑ +66%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $13.71 ↑ +91%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $13.92 ↑ +94%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $29.51 ↑ +311%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $29.51 ↑ +311%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $30.45 ↑ +324%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $32.87 ↑ +358%
ANTHEM PPO $32.87 ↑ +358%
ANTHEM HMO $32.87 ↑ +358%
ANTHEM EPO $32.87 ↑ +358%
Healthfirst CHP $49.83 ↑ +594%
Healthfirst HARP $49.83 ↑ +594%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $49.83 ↑ +594%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $60.03 ↑ +736%
UNITED HARP $60.03 ↑ +736%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $60.03 ↑ +736%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $60.03 ↑ +736%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $60.03 ↑ +736%
Fidelis CHP $60.03 ↑ +736%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $60.03 ↑ +736%
Carelon GHI BMP $60.04 ↑ +736%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $60.04 ↑ +736%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $60.04 ↑ +736%
MetroPlus SNP $60.04 ↑ +736%
MetroPlus Gold $60.04 ↑ +736%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $60.04 ↑ +736%
MetroPlus CHP $60.04 ↑ +736%
MetroPlus HARP $60.04 ↑ +736%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $61.23 ↑ +753%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $61.23 ↑ +753%
VNSNY MAP $61.23 ↑ +753%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $61.23 ↑ +753%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $61.23 ↑ +753%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $64.23 ↑ +795%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $66.03 ↑ +820%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $75.05 ↑ +945%
UNITED CHP $75.05 ↑ +945%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $81.05 ↑ +1029%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $81.05 ↑ +1029%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $81.09 ↑ +1029%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $96.06 ↑ +1238%
Healthfirst Small Group $97.87 ↑ +1263%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $99.80 ↑ +1290%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $106.04 ↑ +1377%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $135.07 ↑ +1781%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $241.00 ↑ +3257%
OXFORD Liberty $248.00 ↑ +3354%
OXFORD Freedom $278.00 ↑ +3772%
UNITED EXCHANGE $314.00 ↑ +4273%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $346.00 ↑ +4719%
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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