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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at Queens Hospital Center

8268 164th St, Jamaica, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1801803903

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$444.73

Cash price

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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.

$1,000.00

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.

$200.06 with Healthfirst vs $1,557.90 with Healthfirst — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Primary Services $200.06 ↓ -55%
Healthfirst HARP $320.09 ↓ -28%
Healthfirst HARP_Managed Medicaid HMO Specialist Services $320.09 ↓ -28%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $320.09 ↓ -28%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $332.09 ↓ -25%
Healthfirst MAP $332.09 ↓ -25%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $332.09 ↓ -25%
Affinity CHP $352.10 ↓ -21%
Healthfirst CHP $360.10 ↓ -19%
Aetna All Products $370.50 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $370.50 ↓ -17%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Specialist Services $372.10 ↓ -16%
Healthfirst MAP_Medicare Advantage Primary Services $392.11 ↓ -12%
Anthem HealthPlus HARP $400.11 ↓ -10%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $400.11 ↓ -10%
Anthem HealthPlus MLTC $400.11 ↓ -10%
Elderplan MAP $400.11 ↓ -10%
Anthem HealthPlus MAP $400.11 ↓ -10%
Healthfirst Small Group $400.11 ↓ -10%
Fidelis Managed Medicaid $400.11 ↓ -10%
Elderplan Medicare Advantage $400.11 ↓ -10%
Centerlight PACE $400.11 ↓ -10%
Fidelis CHP $400.11 ↓ -10%
Elderplan MLTC $400.11 ↓ -10%
Fidelis FHP $400.11 ↓ -10%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $400.11 ↓ -10%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $406.11 ↓ -9%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living Medicare Advantage $416.11 ↓ -6%
Hamaspik Medicare Advantage $420.12 ↓ -6%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $422.61 ↓ -5%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61 ↓ -5%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $422.61 ↓ -5%
VACCN All Products $422.61 ↓ -5%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $422.61 ↓ -5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $432.12 ↓ -3%
Centers Plan for Healthy Living MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $439.52 ↓ -1%
Anthem HealthPlus CHP $440.12 ↓ -1%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $480.13 ↑ +8%
UNITED HARP $500.00 ↑ +12%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $500.00 ↑ +12%
Oscar All Products $500.14 ↑ +12%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $518.53 ↑ +17%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $518.53 ↑ +17%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $518.53 ↑ +17%
Fidelis QHC $533.15 ↑ +20%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $535.00 ↑ +20%
Fidelis MAP $576.16 ↑ +30%
Anthem HealthPlus Exchange $594.33 ↑ +34%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $600.11 ↑ +35%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $611.33 ↑ +37%
MetroPlus HARP $632.20 ↑ +42%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $633.92 ↑ +43%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.92 ↑ +43%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $681.75 ↑ +53%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $692.40 ↑ +56%
MetroPlus CHP $692.40 ↑ +56%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $692.40 ↑ +56%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $692.40 ↑ +56%
MetroPlus Gold $692.40 ↑ +56%
MetroPlus SNP $692.40 ↑ +56%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $692.40 ↑ +56%
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP $692.40 ↑ +56%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $692.40 ↑ +56%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $692.40 ↑ +56%
Senior Whole Health MAP $692.40 ↑ +56%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $692.40 ↑ +56%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $706.25 ↑ +59%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $706.25 ↑ +59%
VNSNY MAP $706.25 ↑ +59%
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid $706.25 ↑ +59%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $706.25 ↑ +59%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $706.25 ↑ +59%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $720.20 ↑ +62%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $720.20 ↑ +62%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $761.64 ↑ +71%
OXFORD Freedom $808.05 ↑ +82%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $808.05 ↑ +82%
OXFORD Liberty $808.05 ↑ +82%
UNITED EXCHANGE $808.05 ↑ +82%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $845.23 ↑ +90%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $865.50 ↑ +95%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $865.50 ↑ +95%
Local 1199 All Products $1,295.00 ↑ +191%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $1,330.97 ↑ +199%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $1,330.97 ↑ +199%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $1,370.70 ↑ +208%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,422.45 ↑ +220%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,422.45 ↑ +220%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,422.45 ↑ +220%
ANTHEM EPO $1,479.96 ↑ +233%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $1,479.96 ↑ +233%
ANTHEM PPO $1,479.96 ↑ +233%
ANTHEM HMO $1,479.96 ↑ +233%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,557.90 ↑ +250%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,557.90 ↑ +250%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,557.90 ↑ +250%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,557.90 ↑ +250%
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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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $444.73 $196.40 – $2,191.66
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $440.22 $201.62 – $2,328.64
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $981.60 $377.80 – $1,472.40
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $444.73 $201.62 – $2,328.64
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373 not published $247.35 – $1,285.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $314.23 – $845.23
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx not published $248.85 – $2,328.64
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $248.85 – $1,285.00

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