Insert spine fixation device 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.

$570.83 with MetroPlus vs $10,503.38 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 3-4 $570.83
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $570.83
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $570.83
Healthfirst CHP $3,874.58
MetroPlus Gold $4,668.17
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $4,668.17
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $4,668.17
MetroPlus HARP $4,668.17
MetroPlus CHP $4,668.17
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $4,668.17
UNITED Managed Medicaid $4,668.17
UNITED HARP $4,668.17
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $4,668.17
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $4,668.17
Fidelis CHP $4,668.17
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $4,668.17
MetroPlus SNP $4,668.17
Carelon GHI BMP $4,668.17
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $4,668.17
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $4,761.53
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $4,761.53
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $4,761.53
VNSNY MAP $4,761.53
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $4,761.53
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $4,994.94
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $5,134.99
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $5,835.21
UNITED CHP $5,835.21
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $6,302.03
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $6,302.03
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $7,469.07
Healthfirst Small Group $7,609.12
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $10,503.38
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $10,503.38
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $10,503.38
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $10,503.38
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $10,503.38
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $10,503.38
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $10,503.38
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $10,503.38
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $10,503.38
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $10,503.38

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Insert spine fixation device at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $570.83 – $570.83
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $570.83 – $570.83
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $570.83 – $570.83
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $570.83 – $570.83
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $570.83 – $570.83
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $570.83 – $570.83
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $570.83 – $570.83
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $570.83 – $570.83

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