Cholesterol 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

$4.35

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.

$18.24

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.

$1.00 with UNITED vs $88.09 with Affinity — 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
UNITED EXCHANGE $1.00 ↓ -77%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3.23 ↓ -26%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.23 ↓ -26%
Healthfirst MAP $4.26 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $4.26 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.26 ↓ -2%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $4.35 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.35 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.35 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $4.35 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.35 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $4.35 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $4.35 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $4.35 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $4.35 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $4.35 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $4.35 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.35 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $4.35 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.57 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.57 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.70 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $4.92 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.92 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $4.92 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $5.22 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $5.22 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $5.22 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $5.22 ↑ +20%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.50 ↑ +26%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $5.50 ↑ +26%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $5.62 ↑ +29%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $6.05 ↑ +39%
OXFORD Freedom $6.36 ↑ +46%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $6.36 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $6.36 ↑ +46%
VillageCare Max MAP $6.53 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.53 ↑ +50%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $6.53 ↑ +50%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.60 ↑ +52%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $7.00 ↑ +61%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $7.70 ↑ +77%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $7.70 ↑ +77%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $10.49 ↑ +141%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $10.49 ↑ +141%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $11.86 ↑ +173%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $14.59 ↑ +235%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $14.59 ↑ +235%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $14.59 ↑ +235%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $15.09 ↑ +247%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $15.09 ↑ +247%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $15.50 ↑ +256%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $15.57 ↑ +258%
ANTHEM PPO $16.81 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $16.81 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM EPO $16.81 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM HMO $16.81 ↑ +286%
Healthfirst HARP $32.50 ↑ +647%
Healthfirst CHP $32.50 ↑ +647%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $32.50 ↑ +647%
UNITED HARP $39.15 ↑ +800%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $39.15 ↑ +800%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $39.15 ↑ +800%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $39.15 ↑ +800%
Fidelis CHP $39.15 ↑ +800%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $39.15 ↑ +800%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $39.15 ↑ +800%
MetroPlus SNP $39.16 ↑ +800%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $39.16 ↑ +800%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $39.16 ↑ +800%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $39.16 ↑ +800%
MetroPlus Gold $39.16 ↑ +800%
Carelon GHI BMP $39.16 ↑ +800%
MetroPlus HARP $39.16 ↑ +800%
MetroPlus CHP $39.16 ↑ +800%
VNSNY MAP $39.93 ↑ +818%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $39.93 ↑ +818%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $39.93 ↑ +818%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $39.93 ↑ +818%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $39.93 ↑ +818%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $41.89 ↑ +863%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $43.07 ↑ +890%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $48.95 ↑ +1025%
UNITED CHP $48.95 ↑ +1025%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $52.87 ↑ +1115%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $52.87 ↑ +1115%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $62.66 ↑ +1340%
Healthfirst Small Group $63.83 ↑ +1367%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $88.09 ↑ +1925%
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS 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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital

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