Exploration of bile ducts 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.

$2,928.00

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.

$567.64 with PB - ANTHEM vs $3,925.62 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 $567.64
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,070.00
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,070.00
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,204.21
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,230.22
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,230.22
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $1,448.12
Healthfirst CHP $1,448.12
Healthfirst HARP $1,448.12
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $1,464.00
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,464.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,568.81
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,568.81
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,568.81
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,610.40
Fidelis MAP $1,734.06
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $1,744.72
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,744.72
MetroPlus SNP $1,744.72
MetroPlus Gold $1,744.72
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $1,744.72
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $1,744.72
MetroPlus HARP $1,744.72
MetroPlus CHP $1,744.72
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,744.72
UNITED HARP $1,744.72
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $1,744.72
Fidelis CHP $1,744.72
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $1,744.72
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $1,744.72
Carelon GHI BMP $1,744.72
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,756.80
VNSNY MAP $1,779.61
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $1,779.61
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $1,779.61
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $1,779.61
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $1,779.61
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,866.85
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $1,919.19
PB - AFFINITY CHP $2,049.60
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $2,049.60
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $2,140.58
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $2,180.90
UNITED CHP $2,180.90
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $2,355.37
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $2,355.37
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $2,791.55
Healthfirst Small Group $2,843.89
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $3,925.62
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $3,925.62
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $3,925.62
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $3,925.62
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $3,925.62
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $3,925.62
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $3,925.62
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $3,925.62
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $3,925.62
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $3,925.62
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 CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital

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Exploration of bile ducts at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $567.64 – $1,756.73
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $1,070.00 – $1,756.73
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $567.64 – $1,824.54
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $1,070.00 – $1,824.54
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $1,070.00 – $1,824.54
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $567.64 – $1,824.54
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $1,070.00 – $1,824.54
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $1,070.00 – $1,824.54

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