Echo guide cardiocentesis 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.

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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.

$78.00 with Local 1199 vs $632.27 with Healthfirst — 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
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $78.00
Healthfirst CHP $233.24
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $233.24
Healthfirst HARP $233.24
MetroPlus SNP $281.01
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $281.01
MetroPlus Gold $281.01
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $281.01
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $281.01
UNITED HARP $281.01
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $281.01
Carelon GHI BMP $281.01
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $281.01
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $281.01
Fidelis CHP $281.01
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $281.01
MetroPlus HARP $281.01
MetroPlus CHP $281.01
UNITED Managed Medicaid $281.01
VNSNY MAP $286.63
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $286.63
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $286.63
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $286.63
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $286.63
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $300.68
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $309.11
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $351.26
UNITED CHP $351.26
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $379.36
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $379.36
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $449.62
Healthfirst Small Group $458.05
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $632.27
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $632.27
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $632.27
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $632.27
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $632.27
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $632.27
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $632.27
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $632.27
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $632.27
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $632.27
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $632.27
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $632.27
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $632.27

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Echo guide cardiocentesis at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $942.00 $78.00 – $372.50
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $78.00 – $78.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $78.00 – $78.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $78.00 – $78.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $78.00 – $78.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $78.00 – $78.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $78.00 – $78.00
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $78.00 – $78.00

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