Decompress optic nerve 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

$4,462.45

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.

$13,593.67

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $10,874.94 with MULTIPLAN — 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
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $225.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $257.00 ↓ -94%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -93%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $330.00 ↓ -93%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -93%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $330.00 ↓ -93%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $332.00 ↓ -93%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $332.00 ↓ -93%
OXFORD Liberty $380.00 ↓ -91%
OXFORD Freedom $431.00 ↓ -90%
UNITED EXCHANGE $480.00 ↓ -89%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $529.00 ↓ -88%
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $613.97 ↓ -86%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $645.00 ↓ -86%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,354.00 ↓ -70%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,354.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,397.19 ↓ -69%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,399.97 ↓ -69%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,399.97 ↓ -69%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $1,589.00 ↓ -64%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,589.00 ↓ -64%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,747.90 ↓ -61%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $1,901.48 ↓ -57%
Healthfirst CHP $1,901.48 ↓ -57%
Healthfirst HARP $1,901.48 ↓ -57%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,906.80 ↓ -57%
Fidelis MAP $2,011.95 ↓ -55%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $2,224.60 ↓ -50%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $2,224.60 ↓ -50%
MetroPlus CHP $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
Carelon GHI BMP $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
Fidelis CHP $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus Gold $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus HARP $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus SNP $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
UNITED HARP $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,290.94 ↓ -49%
VNSNY MAP $2,336.76 ↓ -48%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $2,336.76 ↓ -48%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $2,336.76 ↓ -48%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $2,336.76 ↓ -48%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $2,336.76 ↓ -48%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $2,451.31 ↓ -45%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $2,520.03 ↓ -44%
UNITED CHP $2,863.68 ↓ -36%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $3,436.41 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $3,576.00 ↓ -20%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $3,576.00 ↓ -20%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $3,665.50 ↓ -18%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $3,665.50 ↓ -18%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $3,665.50 ↓ -18%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $3,675.00 ↓ -18%
Healthfirst Small Group $3,734.23 ↓ -16%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $3,973.00 ↓ -11%
ANTHEM EPO $3,973.00 ↓ -11%
ANTHEM HMO $3,973.00 ↓ -11%
ANTHEM PPO $3,973.00 ↓ -11%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,073.23 ↓ -9%
Healthfirst MAP $4,073.23 ↓ -9%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,685.57 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,819.45 ↑ +8%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $4,907.50 ↑ +10%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $4,907.50 ↑ +10%
Centerlight PACE $4,907.50 ↑ +10%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,152.88 ↑ +15%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $5,154.62 ↑ +16%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $5,545.48 ↑ +24%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,545.48 ↑ +24%
MetroPlus MAP $5,545.48 ↑ +24%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,578.06 ↑ +25%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $6,336.68 ↑ +42%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,361.25 ↑ +65%
VillageCare Max MAP $7,361.25 ↑ +65%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $8,835.89 ↑ +98%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,874.94 ↑ +144%
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital —
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital —
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital —
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital —
Affinity CHP not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM CHP 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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