Hopd covid-19 spec collect 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.

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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.

$33.01 with MetroPlus vs $173.81 with Healthfirst — 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 200-250 $33.01
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $33.01
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $33.01
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $40.82
Healthfirst HARP $64.13
Healthfirst CHP $64.13
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $64.13
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $77.25
Fidelis CHP $77.25
UNITED Managed Medicaid $77.25
UNITED HARP $77.25
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $77.25
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $77.25
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $77.25
MetroPlus SNP $77.26
Carelon GHI BMP $77.26
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $77.26
MetroPlus HARP $77.26
MetroPlus CHP $77.26
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $77.26
MetroPlus Gold $77.26
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $77.26
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $78.80
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $78.80
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $78.80
VNSNY MAP $78.80
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $78.80
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $82.66
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $84.98
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $96.58
UNITED CHP $96.58
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $104.30
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $104.30
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $123.62
Healthfirst Small Group $125.93
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $173.81
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $173.81
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $173.81
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $173.81
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $173.81
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $173.81
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $173.81
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $173.81
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $173.81
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $173.81

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Hopd covid-19 spec collect at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $30.50 – $33.01
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $33.01 – $40.82
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $33.01 – $40.82
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $33.01 – $40.82
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $33.01 – $40.82
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $33.01 – $40.82
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $33.01 – $40.82
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $30.50 – $33.01

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