MRI brain without & w/dye at Queens Hospital Center
8268 164th St, Jamaica, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1801803903
$210.66
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.
$1,371.00
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.
$168.53 with Hamaspik vs $1,822.84 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamaspik | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $168.53 | ↓ -20% |
| Healthfirst | Medicare Advantage PPO | $181.73 | ↓ -14% |
| VNSNY | Medicare SNP | $210.66 | ↑ +0% |
| VNSNY | Medicare Advantage | $210.66 | ↑ +0% |
| ANTHEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $210.66 | ↑ +0% |
| Fidelis | MAP | $210.66 | ↑ +0% |
| Senior Whole Health | MAP | $210.66 | ↑ +0% |
| Senior Whole Health | MLTC | $210.66 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | All Products | $210.66 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $210.66 | ↑ +0% |
| Healthfirst | MAP | $214.57 | ↑ +2% |
| Healthfirst | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $214.57 | ↑ +2% |
| Centerlight | PACE | $218.95 | ↑ +4% |
| Amidacare | Managed Medicaid | $218.95 | ↑ +4% |
| OXFORD | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $221.19 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $229.90 | ↑ +9% |
| MetroPlus | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $247.41 | ↑ +17% |
| MetroPlus | MAP | $247.41 | ↑ +17% |
| MetroPlus | EXCHANGE | $247.41 | ↑ +17% |
| MAGNACARE | PPO FPP | $252.79 | ↑ +20% |
| MAGNACARE | PPO Non-FPP | $252.79 | ↑ +20% |
| MAGNACARE | Direct Plus Non-FPP | $252.79 | ↑ +20% |
| MAGNACARE | Direct Plus FPP | $252.79 | ↑ +20% |
| Local 1199 | ALL PRODUCTS | $256.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Fidelis | EXCHANGE | $299.14 | ↑ +42% |
| Wellcare | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $311.78 | ↑ +48% |
| EMBLEM | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $315.99 | ↑ +50% |
| VillageCare Max | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $328.43 | ↑ +56% |
| VillageCare Max | MAP | $328.43 | ↑ +56% |
| OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $328.43 | ↑ +56% |
| PB - AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $370.50 | ↑ +76% |
| PB - AETNA | ALL PRODUCTS | $370.50 | ↑ +76% |
| Elderplan | MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC | $437.90 | ↑ +108% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $480.15 | ↑ +128% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $480.15 | ↑ +128% |
| MetroPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $480.15 | ↑ +128% |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 3-4 | $631.25 | ↑ +200% |
| Aetna | ALL PRODUCTS | $644.67 | ↑ +206% |
| PB - ANTHEM | EXCHANGE | $658.07 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthfirst | Managed Medicaid | $672.43 | ↑ +219% |
| Healthfirst | CHP | $672.43 | ↑ +219% |
| Healthfirst | HARP | $672.43 | ↑ +219% |
| EMBLEM | Essential Plan 1-2 | $681.75 | ↑ +224% |
| Emblem | Essential Plan 200-250 | $681.75 | ↑ +224% |
| PB - CENTERLIGHT | PACE | $685.50 | ↑ +225% |
| PB - HAMASPIK | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $685.50 | ↑ +225% |
| PB - OSCAR | ALL PRODUCTS | $754.05 | ↑ +258% |
| UNITED | ALL PRODUCTS | $808.05 | ↑ +284% |
| OXFORD | Freedom | $808.05 | ↑ +284% |
| OXFORD | Liberty | $808.05 | ↑ +284% |
| UNITED | Managed Medicaid | $810.15 | ↑ +285% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Managed Medicaid | $810.15 | ↑ +285% |
| Fidelis | HARP_Managed Medicaid | $810.15 | ↑ +285% |
| Fidelis | CHP | $810.15 | ↑ +285% |
| Carelon | Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP | $810.15 | ↑ +285% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | EXCHANGE | $810.15 | ↑ +285% |
| UNITED | HARP | $810.15 | ↑ +285% |
| MetroPlus | Managed Medicaid | $810.16 | ↑ +285% |
| Carelon | Commercial_Essential Plans | $810.16 | ↑ +285% |
| MetroPlus | Goldcare 1 & 2 | $810.16 | ↑ +285% |
| MetroPlus | Gold | $810.16 | ↑ +285% |
| MetroPlus | CHP | $810.16 | ↑ +285% |
| Carelon | GHI BMP | $810.16 | ↑ +285% |
| MetroPlus | SNP | $810.16 | ↑ +285% |
| MetroPlus | HARP | $810.16 | ↑ +285% |
| PB - WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $822.60 | ↑ +290% |
| VNSNY | MAP | $826.35 | ↑ +292% |
| Carelon (Amida Care) | Managed Medicaid | $826.35 | ↑ +292% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | CHP | $826.35 | ↑ +292% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | HARP | $826.35 | ↑ +292% |
| VNSNY | Medicaid SNP | $826.35 | ↑ +292% |
| UNITED | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $866.86 | ↑ +311% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | Essential Plan | $891.17 | ↑ +323% |
| PB - AFFINITY | CHP | $959.70 | ↑ +356% |
| PB - AFFINITY | ESSENTIAL | $959.70 | ↑ +356% |
| UNITED | CHP | $1,012.70 | ↑ +381% |
| PB - LOCAL 1199 | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,165.35 | ↑ +453% |
| Healthfirst | EXCHANGE | $1,296.26 | ↑ +515% |
| Healthfirst | Small Group | $1,320.56 | ↑ +527% |
| Fidelis | Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 1-2 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 3-4 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 200-250 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| Anthem HealthPlus | Essential Plan 1-2 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 200-250 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| Healthfirst | Essential Plan 3-4 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 3-4 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 200-250 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| Affinity | Essential Plan 1-2 | $1,822.84 | ↑ +765% |
| PB - FIDELIS | QHP | not published by hospital | — |
| PB - FIDELIS | ESSENTIAL PLAN | not published by hospital | — |
| PB - CIGNA | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| PB - ANTHEM | ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 | not published by hospital | — |
| PB - ANTHEM | CHP | not published by hospital | — |
| PB - UNITED BH | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| PB - UNITED BH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| PB - HEALTHFIRST | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
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| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| South Brooklyn Health | Brooklyn | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| North Central Bronx | Bronx | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |