Ghs plt ct-manual 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

$4.31

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.

$15.77

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 $101.45 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
UNITED EXCHANGE $1.00 ↓ -77%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $3.19 ↓ -26%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.19 ↓ -26%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $4.00 ↓ -7%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.22 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MAP $4.22 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $4.22 ↓ -2%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $4.31 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.31 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $4.31 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $4.31 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $4.31 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $4.31 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.31 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $4.31 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.31 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $4.31 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.31 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $4.31 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.53 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.53 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.65 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $4.87 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.87 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $4.87 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $5.17 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $5.17 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $5.17 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $5.17 ↑ +20%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.50 ↑ +28%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $5.50 ↑ +28%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $5.55 ↑ +29%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $6.05 ↑ +40%
OXFORD Freedom $6.28 ↑ +46%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $6.28 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $6.28 ↑ +46%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $6.47 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MAP $6.47 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.47 ↑ +50%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.60 ↑ +53%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $7.70 ↑ +79%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $7.70 ↑ +79%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $10.25 ↑ +138%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $10.49 ↑ +143%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $10.49 ↑ +143%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $12.62 ↑ +193%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $12.62 ↑ +193%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $12.62 ↑ +193%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $13.40 ↑ +211%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $14.95 ↑ +247%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $14.95 ↑ +247%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $15.43 ↑ +258%
ANTHEM PPO $16.65 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM EPO $16.65 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $16.65 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM HMO $16.65 ↑ +286%
Healthfirst HARP $37.43 ↑ +768%
Healthfirst CHP $37.43 ↑ +768%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $37.43 ↑ +768%
UNITED HARP $45.09 ↑ +946%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $45.09 ↑ +946%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $45.09 ↑ +946%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $45.09 ↑ +946%
Fidelis CHP $45.09 ↑ +946%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $45.09 ↑ +946%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $45.09 ↑ +946%
MetroPlus SNP $45.10 ↑ +946%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $45.10 ↑ +946%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $45.10 ↑ +946%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $45.10 ↑ +946%
MetroPlus Gold $45.10 ↑ +946%
Carelon GHI BMP $45.10 ↑ +946%
MetroPlus HARP $45.10 ↑ +946%
MetroPlus CHP $45.10 ↑ +946%
VNSNY MAP $45.99 ↑ +967%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $45.99 ↑ +967%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $45.99 ↑ +967%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $45.99 ↑ +967%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $45.99 ↑ +967%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $48.25 ↑ +1019%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $49.60 ↑ +1051%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $56.38 ↑ +1208%
UNITED CHP $56.38 ↑ +1208%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $60.89 ↑ +1313%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $60.89 ↑ +1313%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $72.16 ↑ +1574%
Healthfirst Small Group $73.51 ↑ +1606%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $101.45 ↑ +2254%
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid 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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