Histamine 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

$29.53

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.

$108.31

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 $170.17 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 ↓ -97%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $21.93 ↓ -26%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.93 ↓ -26%
Healthfirst MAP $28.94 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $28.94 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.94 ↓ -2%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $29.53 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.53 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.53 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $29.53 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.53 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $29.53 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $29.53 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $29.53 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $29.53 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $29.53 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $29.53 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.53 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $29.53 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.01 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.01 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.89 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $33.37 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.37 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $33.37 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $35.44 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $35.44 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $35.44 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $35.44 ↑ +20%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.00 ↑ +25%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $37.00 ↑ +25%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $38.16 ↑ +29%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $40.70 ↑ +38%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $41.00 ↑ +39%
OXFORD Freedom $43.12 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $43.12 ↑ +46%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $43.12 ↑ +46%
VillageCare Max MAP $44.30 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.30 ↑ +50%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $44.30 ↑ +50%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.40 ↑ +50%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $51.80 ↑ +75%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $51.80 ↑ +75%
Healthfirst CHP $62.78 ↑ +113%
Healthfirst HARP $62.78 ↑ +113%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $62.78 ↑ +113%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $70.40 ↑ +138%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $73.45 ↑ +149%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $73.45 ↑ +149%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $75.63 ↑ +156%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $75.63 ↑ +156%
UNITED HARP $75.63 ↑ +156%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $75.63 ↑ +156%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $75.63 ↑ +156%
Fidelis CHP $75.63 ↑ +156%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $75.63 ↑ +156%
Carelon GHI BMP $75.64 ↑ +156%
MetroPlus Gold $75.64 ↑ +156%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $75.64 ↑ +156%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $75.64 ↑ +156%
MetroPlus CHP $75.64 ↑ +156%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $75.64 ↑ +156%
MetroPlus SNP $75.64 ↑ +156%
MetroPlus HARP $75.64 ↑ +156%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $77.14 ↑ +161%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $77.14 ↑ +161%
VNSNY MAP $77.14 ↑ +161%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $77.14 ↑ +161%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $77.14 ↑ +161%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $80.92 ↑ +174%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $83.19 ↑ +182%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $86.65 ↑ +193%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $86.65 ↑ +193%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $86.65 ↑ +193%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $92.06 ↑ +212%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $94.55 ↑ +220%
UNITED CHP $94.55 ↑ +220%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $102.11 ↑ +246%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $102.11 ↑ +246%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $102.45 ↑ +247%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $102.45 ↑ +247%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $105.73 ↑ +258%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $114.12 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM PPO $114.12 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM EPO $114.12 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM HMO $114.12 ↑ +286%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $121.02 ↑ +310%
Healthfirst Small Group $123.29 ↑ +318%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $170.17 ↑ +476%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $170.17 ↑ +476%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $170.17 ↑ +476%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $170.17 ↑ +476%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $170.17 ↑ +476%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $170.17 ↑ +476%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $170.17 ↑ +476%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $170.17 ↑ +476%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $170.17 ↑ +476%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $170.17 ↑ +476%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $170.17 ↑ +476%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $170.17 ↑ +476%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $170.17 ↑ +476%
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
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital

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