MRI hyperpolarized xenon129 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

$1,479.79

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.

$4,500.83

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 $3,825.71 with Local 1199 — 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 ↓ -100%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $375.53 ↓ -75%
Healthfirst CHP $375.53 ↓ -75%
Healthfirst HARP $375.53 ↓ -75%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $452.44 ↓ -69%
UNITED HARP $452.44 ↓ -69%
Fidelis CHP $452.44 ↓ -69%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $452.44 ↓ -69%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $452.44 ↓ -69%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $452.44 ↓ -69%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $452.44 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus Gold $452.45 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $452.45 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus HARP $452.45 ↓ -69%
Carelon GHI BMP $452.45 ↓ -69%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $452.45 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus CHP $452.45 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus SNP $452.45 ↓ -69%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $452.45 ↓ -69%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $461.49 ↓ -69%
VNSNY MAP $461.49 ↓ -69%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $461.49 ↓ -69%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $461.49 ↓ -69%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $461.49 ↓ -69%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $484.11 ↓ -67%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $497.68 ↓ -66%
UNITED CHP $565.56 ↓ -62%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $565.56 ↓ -62%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $610.81 ↓ -59%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $610.81 ↓ -59%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $723.92 ↓ -51%
Healthfirst Small Group $737.49 ↓ -50%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,017.99 ↓ -31%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,268.15 ↓ -14%
Healthfirst MAP $1,268.15 ↓ -14%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,285.00 ↓ -13%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $1,479.79 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,479.79 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,479.79 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,479.79 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $1,479.79 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $1,479.79 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $1,479.79 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $1,479.79 ↑ +0%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $1,497.33 ↑ +1%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $1,527.89 ↑ +3%
Centerlight PACE $1,527.89 ↑ +3%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $1,527.89 ↑ +3%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,553.78 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,598.18 ↑ +8%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,604.28 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus MAP $1,726.51 ↑ +17%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $1,726.51 ↑ +17%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,726.51 ↑ +17%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,787.00 ↑ +21%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,849.74 ↑ +25%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,875.75 ↑ +27%
OXFORD Freedom $1,875.75 ↑ +27%
OXFORD Liberty $1,875.75 ↑ +27%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $2,101.30 ↑ +42%
VillageCare Max MAP $2,291.83 ↑ +55%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,291.83 ↑ +55%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $2,925.54 ↑ +98%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3,150.58 ↑ +113%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $3,375.62 ↑ +128%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $3,375.62 ↑ +128%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $3,375.62 ↑ +128%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $3,375.62 ↑ +128%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
ANTHEM EPO $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
ANTHEM PPO $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
ANTHEM HMO $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,600.66 ↑ +143%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $3,825.71 ↑ +159%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
Fidelis MAP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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