Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$29.55

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.

$258.86

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 $279.00 with MetroPlus — 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 ↓ -97%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $16.50 ↓ -44%
OXFORD Freedom $16.50 ↓ -44%
OXFORD Liberty $16.50 ↓ -44%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $18.00 ↓ -39%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $28.98 ↓ -2%
Fidelis MAP $28.98 ↓ -2%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.98 ↓ -2%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.98 ↓ -2%
VACCN All Products $28.98 ↓ -2%
Senior Whole Health MAP $28.98 ↓ -2%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $28.98 ↓ -2%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $28.98 ↓ -2%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.98 ↓ -2%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.43 ↑ +3%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.30 ↑ +6%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $34.78 ↑ +18%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $34.78 ↑ +18%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $34.78 ↑ +18%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $34.78 ↑ +18%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.38 ↑ +20%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $35.38 ↑ +20%
Healthfirst MAP $35.38 ↑ +20%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $36.10 ↑ +22%
Centerlight PACE $36.10 ↑ +22%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $36.10 ↑ +22%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.91 ↑ +28%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $40.80 ↑ +38%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.80 ↑ +38%
MetroPlus MAP $40.80 ↑ +38%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $40.81 ↑ +38%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.81 ↑ +38%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $41.15 ↑ +39%
VillageCare Max MAP $54.16 ↑ +83%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $54.16 ↑ +83%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $54.16 ↑ +83%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $71.01 ↑ +140%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $95.56 ↑ +223%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $95.56 ↑ +223%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $95.56 ↑ +223%
Healthfirst CHP $102.93 ↑ +248%
Healthfirst HARP $102.93 ↑ +248%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $102.93 ↑ +248%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $121.00 ↑ +309%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $121.00 ↑ +309%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $124.00 ↑ +320%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $124.00 ↑ +320%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $124.00 ↑ +320%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $124.00 ↑ +320%
UNITED HARP $124.00 ↑ +320%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $124.00 ↑ +320%
Fidelis CHP $124.00 ↑ +320%
MetroPlus CHP $124.01 ↑ +320%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $124.01 ↑ +320%
Carelon GHI BMP $124.01 ↑ +320%
MetroPlus Gold $124.01 ↑ +320%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $124.01 ↑ +320%
MetroPlus HARP $124.01 ↑ +320%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $124.01 ↑ +320%
MetroPlus SNP $124.01 ↑ +320%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $126.48 ↑ +328%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $126.48 ↑ +328%
VNSNY MAP $126.48 ↑ +328%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $126.48 ↑ +328%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $126.48 ↑ +328%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $132.68 ↑ +349%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $133.10 ↑ +350%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $136.40 ↑ +362%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $136.51 ↑ +362%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $136.51 ↑ +362%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $140.88 ↑ +377%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $144.35 ↑ +388%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $145.20 ↑ +391%
ANTHEM HMO $152.06 ↑ +415%
ANTHEM EPO $152.06 ↑ +415%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $152.06 ↑ +415%
ANTHEM PPO $152.06 ↑ +415%
UNITED CHP $155.01 ↑ +425%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $155.01 ↑ +425%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $167.41 ↑ +467%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $167.41 ↑ +467%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $168.26 ↑ +469%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $169.40 ↑ +473%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $169.40 ↑ +473%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $194.15 ↑ +557%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $198.42 ↑ +571%
Healthfirst Small Group $202.14 ↑ +584%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $207.09 ↑ +601%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $220.03 ↑ +645%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $279.00 ↑ +844%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $279.00 ↑ +844%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $279.00 ↑ +844%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $279.00 ↑ +844%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $279.00 ↑ +844%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $279.00 ↑ +844%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $279.00 ↑ +844%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $279.00 ↑ +844%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $279.00 ↑ +844%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $279.00 ↑ +844%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $279.00 ↑ +844%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $279.00 ↑ +844%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $279.00 ↑ +844%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital —
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital —
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Affinity CHP not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —

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