Hair analysis 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.

$12.00

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.

$6.00 with MetroPlus vs $144.04 with Aetna — 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
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $6.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $6.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $6.00
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $6.00
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.00
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $6.11
OXFORD Freedom $6.11
OXFORD Liberty $6.11
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $6.60
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.20
PB - AFFINITY CHP $8.40
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $8.40
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $10.20
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $17.17
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $17.17
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $17.72
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $19.12
ANTHEM HMO $19.12
ANTHEM EPO $19.12
ANTHEM PPO $19.12
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $36.75
Healthfirst HARP $36.75
Healthfirst CHP $36.75
UNITED HARP $44.28
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $44.28
MetroPlus SNP $44.28
MetroPlus Gold $44.28
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $44.28
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $44.28
MetroPlus HARP $44.28
MetroPlus CHP $44.28
UNITED Managed Medicaid $44.28
Fidelis CHP $44.28
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $44.28
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $44.28
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $44.28
Carelon GHI BMP $44.28
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $44.28
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $45.17
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $45.17
VNSNY MAP $45.17
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $45.17
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $45.17
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $47.38
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $48.71
UNITED CHP $55.35
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $55.35
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $59.78
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $59.78
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $70.85
Healthfirst Small Group $72.18
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $82.78
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $82.78
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $99.63
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $99.63
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $99.63
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $99.63
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $99.63
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $99.63
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $99.63
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $99.63
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $99.63
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $99.63
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $144.04
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital

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Hair analysis at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $6.00 – $107.61
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $6.00 – $144.04
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $6.00 – $144.04
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $6.00 – $144.04
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $6.00 – $144.04
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $6.00 – $144.04
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $6.00 – $144.04
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $6.00 – $107.61

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