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Knee MRI (with contrast) at Queens Hospital Center
8268 164th St, Jamaica, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1801803903
$925.92
Cash price 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.
$903.00
Gross charge 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.
$180.64 with Healthfirst vs $1,869.85 with Elderplan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthfirst | HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Primary Services | $180.64 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthfirst | HARP | $289.02 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthfirst | HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Specialist Services | $289.02 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthfirst | Managed Medicaid | $289.02 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthfirst | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $299.85 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthfirst | MAP | $299.85 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthfirst | Medicare Advantage PPO | $299.85 | ↓ -68% |
| Affinity | CHP | $317.92 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthfirst | CHP | $325.14 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthfirst | MAP_Medicare Advantage Specialist Services | $335.98 | ↓ -64% |
| Healthfirst | MAP_Medicare Advantage Primary Services | $354.04 | ↓ -62% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | HARP | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| EMBLEM | HIP_GHI_CHP | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | MLTC | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Elderplan | MAP | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | MAP | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Healthfirst | Small Group | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Fidelis | Managed Medicaid | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Elderplan | Medicare Advantage | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Centerlight | PACE | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Fidelis | CHP | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Elderplan | MLTC | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Fidelis | FHP | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Amidacare | Managed Medicaid | $361.27 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $366.69 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | All Products | $370.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $370.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Centers Plan for Healthy Living | Medicare Advantage | $375.72 | ↓ -59% |
| Hamaspik | Medicare Advantage | $379.33 | ↓ -59% |
| Wellcare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $390.17 | ↓ -58% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | CHP | $397.40 | ↓ -57% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $433.52 | ↓ -53% |
| Oscar | All Products | $451.59 | ↓ -51% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Exchange | $460.85 | ↓ -50% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $472.25 | ↓ -49% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $472.25 | ↓ -49% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $472.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Fidelis | QHC | $481.39 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED | HARP | $500.00 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $500.00 | ↓ -46% |
| Fidelis | MAP | $520.23 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $535.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | $611.33 | ↓ -34% |
| OXFORD | Freedom | $641.12 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $641.12 | ↓ -31% |
| OXFORD | Liberty | $641.12 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED | EXCHANGE | $641.12 | ↓ -31% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $650.29 | ↓ -30% |
| Fidelis | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $650.29 | ↓ -30% |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 1-2 | $681.75 | ↓ -26% |
| MetroPlus | HARP | $739.24 | ↓ -20% |
| Local 1199 | All Products | $788.00 | ↓ -15% |
| MetroPlus | Managed Medicaid | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| MetroPlus | CHP | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| Senior Whole Health | MLTC | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| MetroPlus | Goldcare 1 & 2 | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| MetroPlus | Gold | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| MetroPlus | SNP | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| Carelon | Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | EXCHANGE | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| Senior Whole Health | MAP | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| Fidelis | HARP_Managed Medicaid | $810.15 | ↓ -13% |
| VNSNY | Medicaid SNP | $826.35 | ↓ -11% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | HARP | $826.35 | ↓ -11% |
| VNSNY | MAP | $826.35 | ↓ -11% |
| Affinity | HARP_Managed Medicaid | $826.35 | ↓ -11% |
| Carelon (Amida Care) | Managed Medicaid | $826.35 | ↓ -11% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | CHP | $826.35 | ↓ -11% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Essential Plan | $891.17 | ↓ -4% |
| VNSNY | Medicare Advantage | $934.93 | ↑ +1% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $934.93 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $934.93 | ↑ +1% |
| VACCN | All Products | $934.93 | ↑ +1% |
| VNSNY | Medicare SNP | $934.93 | ↑ +1% |
| ANTHEM | Small Group EPO_PPO | $968.53 | ↑ +5% |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Small Group | $968.53 | ↑ +5% |
| Centers Plan for Healthy Living | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $972.32 | ↑ +5% |
| ANTHEM | Blue Access Large Group | $997.44 | ↑ +8% |
| Healthfirst | EXCHANGE | $1,012.69 | ↑ +9% |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 3-4 | $1,012.69 | ↑ +9% |
| ANTHEM | EPO | $1,076.94 | ↑ +16% |
| ANTHEM | INDEMNITY | $1,076.94 | ↑ +16% |
| ANTHEM | PPO | $1,076.94 | ↑ +16% |
| ANTHEM | HMO | $1,076.94 | ↑ +16% |
| Fidelis | EXCHANGE | $1,327.60 | ↑ +43% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,402.39 | ↑ +51% |
| EMBLEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,402.39 | ↑ +51% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 1-2 | $1,663.29 | ↑ +80% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 200-250 | $1,663.29 | ↑ +80% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 3-4 | $1,663.29 | ↑ +80% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 1-2 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 3-4 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +97% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +97% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 200-250 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +97% |
| Elderplan | MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC | $1,869.85 | ↑ +102% |
| United Behavioral Health | Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
| United Behavioral Health | Medicare Advantage | not published by hospital | — |
| United Behavioral Health | All Products | not published by hospital | — |
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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $925.92 | $0.01 – $2,778.79 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $916.54 | $181.99 – $2,952.47 |
| UPMC Chautauqua | Jamestown | $739.80 | $348.50 – $2,420.90 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $925.92 | $181.99 – $2,952.47 |
| Elmhurst Hospital Center | NY 11373 | not published | $289.02 – $1,906.18 |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | not published | $283.67 – $1,869.85 |
| Jacobi Medical Center | Bronx | not published | $291.18 – $2,952.47 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | not published | $291.18 – $1,906.18 |