Close kidney-skin fistula 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

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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.

$3,177.00

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.

$627.05 with PB - ANTHEM vs $3,921.30 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
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $627.05
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,194.00
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,194.00
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,318.05
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,423.07
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,423.07
Healthfirst HARP $1,446.53
Healthfirst CHP $1,446.53
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $1,446.53
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $1,588.50
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,588.50
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,717.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,717.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,717.00
UNITED HARP $1,742.80
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $1,742.80
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,742.80
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $1,742.80
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $1,742.80
Fidelis CHP $1,742.80
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,742.80
Carelon GHI BMP $1,742.81
MetroPlus SNP $1,742.81
MetroPlus Gold $1,742.81
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $1,742.81
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $1,742.81
MetroPlus HARP $1,742.81
MetroPlus CHP $1,742.81
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $1,742.81
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,747.35
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $1,777.66
VNSNY MAP $1,777.66
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $1,777.66
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $1,777.66
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $1,777.66
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,864.80
Fidelis MAP $1,897.99
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,906.20
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $1,917.08
UNITED CHP $2,178.51
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $2,178.51
PB - AFFINITY CHP $2,223.90
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $2,223.90
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $2,352.79
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $2,352.79
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $2,788.50
Healthfirst Small Group $2,840.78
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $3,921.30
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $3,921.30
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $3,921.30
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $3,921.30
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $3,921.30
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $3,921.30
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $3,921.30
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $3,921.30
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $3,921.30
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $3,921.30
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital

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Close kidney-skin fistula at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $627.05 – $1,925.97
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $1,194.00 – $1,925.97
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $627.05 – $2,001.04
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $1,194.00 – $2,001.04
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $1,194.00 – $2,001.04
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $627.05 – $2,001.04
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $1,194.00 – $2,001.04
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $1,194.00 – $2,001.04

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