Establish brain cavity shunt 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.

$2,805.00

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.

$492.04 with PB - ANTHEM vs $9,517.79 with Anthem HealthPlus — 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 $492.04
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $906.00
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $906.00
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,101.68
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,101.68
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,102.24
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,402.50
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $1,402.50
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,441.59
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,441.59
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,441.59
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,542.75
Fidelis MAP $1,587.23
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,683.00
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $1,916.92
PB - AFFINITY CHP $1,963.50
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $1,963.50
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $3,511.02
Healthfirst CHP $3,511.02
Healthfirst HARP $3,511.02
UNITED HARP $4,230.13
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,230.13
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $4,230.13
Fidelis CHP $4,230.13
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $4,230.13
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,230.13
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $4,230.13
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $4,230.14
MetroPlus CHP $4,230.14
Carelon GHI BMP $4,230.14
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $4,230.14
MetroPlus Gold $4,230.14
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $4,230.14
MetroPlus SNP $4,230.14
MetroPlus HARP $4,230.14
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $4,314.73
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $4,314.73
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $4,314.73
VNSNY MAP $4,314.73
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $4,314.73
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $4,526.24
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $4,653.14
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $5,287.68
UNITED CHP $5,287.68
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $5,710.69
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $5,710.69
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $6,768.22
Healthfirst Small Group $6,895.13
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $9,517.79
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $9,517.79
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $9,517.79
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $9,517.79
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $9,517.79
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $9,517.79
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $9,517.79
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $9,517.79
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $9,517.79
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $9,517.79
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital

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Establish brain cavity shunt at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $492.04 – $1,616.90
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $906.00 – $1,616.90
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $492.04 – $1,694.69
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $906.00 – $1,694.69
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $906.00 – $1,694.69
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $492.04 – $1,694.69
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $906.00 – $1,694.69
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $906.00 – $1,694.69

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