Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open 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

$1,838.28

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.

$5,521.13

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.

$106.46 with PB - ANTHEM vs $4,416.90 with MULTIPLAN — 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
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE $106.46 ↓ -94%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $169.99 ↓ -91%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $169.99 ↓ -91%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $169.99 ↓ -91%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $181.02 ↓ -90%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $181.02 ↓ -90%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $203.50 ↓ -89%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $203.50 ↓ -89%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $220.50 ↓ -88%
Healthfirst MAP $220.50 ↓ -88%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $223.85 ↓ -88%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $244.20 ↓ -87%
Fidelis MAP $244.79 ↓ -87%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $284.90 ↓ -85%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $284.90 ↓ -85%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $345.95 ↓ -81%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $450.00 ↓ -76%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $493.00 ↓ -73%
Healthfirst HARP $617.95 ↓ -66%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $617.95 ↓ -66%
Healthfirst CHP $617.95 ↓ -66%
MetroPlus HARP $744.52 ↓ -59%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $744.52 ↓ -59%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $744.52 ↓ -59%
Fidelis CHP $744.52 ↓ -59%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $744.52 ↓ -59%
MetroPlus SNP $744.52 ↓ -59%
MetroPlus Gold $744.52 ↓ -59%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $744.52 ↓ -59%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $744.52 ↓ -59%
MetroPlus CHP $744.52 ↓ -59%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $744.52 ↓ -59%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $744.52 ↓ -59%
UNITED HARP $744.52 ↓ -59%
Carelon GHI BMP $744.52 ↓ -59%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $744.52 ↓ -59%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $759.41 ↓ -59%
VNSNY MAP $759.41 ↓ -59%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $759.41 ↓ -59%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $759.41 ↓ -59%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $759.41 ↓ -59%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $781.00 ↓ -58%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $796.64 ↓ -57%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $818.97 ↓ -55%
OXFORD Liberty $820.00 ↓ -55%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $836.00 ↓ -55%
OXFORD Freedom $926.00 ↓ -50%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $930.65 ↓ -49%
UNITED CHP $930.65 ↓ -49%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $1,005.10 ↓ -45%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $1,005.10 ↓ -45%
UNITED EXCHANGE $1,040.00 ↓ -43%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $1,147.00 ↓ -38%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $1,191.23 ↓ -35%
Healthfirst Small Group $1,213.57 ↓ -34%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $1,235.00 ↓ -33%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $1,466.00 ↓ -20%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,500.00 ↓ -18%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $1,536.00 ↓ -16%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $1,536.00 ↓ -16%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $1,579.00 ↓ -14%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $1,675.17 ↓ -9%
ANTHEM EPO $1,707.00 ↓ -7%
ANTHEM PPO $1,707.00 ↓ -7%
ANTHEM HMO $1,707.00 ↓ -7%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $1,707.00 ↓ -7%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,838.28 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $1,838.28 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $1,838.28 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $1,838.28 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,838.28 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $1,838.28 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $1,838.28 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,930.19 ↑ +5%
Centerlight PACE $1,964.99 ↑ +7%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $1,964.99 ↑ +7%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,985.34 ↑ +8%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,063.24 ↑ +12%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $2,220.44 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,220.44 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus MAP $2,220.44 ↑ +21%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,297.85 ↑ +25%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $2,610.36 ↑ +42%
VillageCare Max MAP $2,947.49 ↑ +60%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,947.49 ↑ +60%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $4,140.85 ↑ +125%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $4,140.85 ↑ +125%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $4,140.85 ↑ +125%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $4,140.85 ↑ +125%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,416.90 ↑ +140%
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
Affinity CHP not published by hospital
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital

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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $5,510.00 $877.08 – $1,930.10
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $1,838.28 $106.46 – $2,947.49
Harlem Hospital Center New York $1,838.28 $172.34 – $2,220.44
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $1,838.28 $106.46 – $2,947.49
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $1,838.28 $177.85 – $2,220.44
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $1,838.28 $177.85 – $2,220.44
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $367.20 $130.24 – $1,955.67
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $1,838.28 $106.46 – $2,947.49

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