Protein western blot tissue 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

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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.

$56.00

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.

$16.50 with PB - AETNA vs $279.00 with Healthfirst — 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 - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $16.50
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.50
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $26.90
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $26.90
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $26.90
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.00
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $28.00
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $28.71
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $30.80
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $31.00
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $31.00
OXFORD Liberty $32.44
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $32.44
OXFORD Freedom $32.44
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.60
PB - AFFINITY CHP $39.20
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $39.20
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $55.69
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $55.69
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $77.11
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $77.11
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $79.58
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $85.89
ANTHEM PPO $85.89
ANTHEM HMO $85.89
ANTHEM EPO $85.89
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $102.93
Healthfirst CHP $102.93
Healthfirst HARP $102.93
UNITED HARP $124.00
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $124.00
UNITED Managed Medicaid $124.00
Fidelis CHP $124.00
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $124.00
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $124.00
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $124.00
MetroPlus Gold $124.01
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $124.01
Carelon GHI BMP $124.01
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $124.01
MetroPlus CHP $124.01
MetroPlus HARP $124.01
MetroPlus SNP $124.01
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $124.01
VNSNY MAP $126.48
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $126.48
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $126.48
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $126.48
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $126.48
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $132.68
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $136.40
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $155.01
UNITED CHP $155.01
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $167.41
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $167.41
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $198.42
Healthfirst Small Group $202.14
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $279.00
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $279.00
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $279.00
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $279.00
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $279.00
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $279.00
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $279.00
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $279.00
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $279.00
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $279.00
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital

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Protein western blot tissue at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $16.50 – $76.83
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $26.90 – $76.56
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $16.50 – $76.56
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $26.90 – $76.83
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $26.90 – $76.56
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $16.50 – $76.56
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $26.90 – $76.56
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $21.45 – $76.01

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