Repair of spinal herniation 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.

$5,446.00

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.

$1,006.73 with PB - ANTHEM vs $8,672.22 with Anthem HealthPlus — 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 $1,006.73
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,817.00
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,817.00
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $2,057.34
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,057.34
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,180.96
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $2,723.00
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,723.00
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $2,870.31
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $2,870.31
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $2,870.31
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $2,995.30
Fidelis MAP $3,140.58
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $3,199.09
Healthfirst CHP $3,199.09
Healthfirst HARP $3,199.09
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,267.60
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3,579.77
PB - AFFINITY CHP $3,812.20
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $3,812.20
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $3,854.32
MetroPlus CHP $3,854.32
MetroPlus HARP $3,854.32
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $3,854.32
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $3,854.32
MetroPlus Gold $3,854.32
MetroPlus SNP $3,854.32
UNITED HARP $3,854.32
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,854.32
Fidelis CHP $3,854.32
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $3,854.32
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,854.32
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $3,854.32
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $3,854.32
Carelon GHI BMP $3,854.32
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $3,931.41
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $3,931.41
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $3,931.41
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $3,931.41
VNSNY MAP $3,931.41
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $4,124.12
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $4,239.75
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $4,817.90
UNITED CHP $4,817.90
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $5,203.33
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $5,203.33
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $6,166.91
Healthfirst Small Group $6,282.54
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $8,672.22
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $8,672.22
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $8,672.22
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $8,672.22
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $8,672.22
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $8,672.22
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $8,672.22
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $8,672.22
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $8,672.22
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $8,672.22
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO 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

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Repair of spinal herniation at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $1,006.73 – $3,206.38
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $1,817.00 – $3,206.38
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $1,006.73 – $3,363.62
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $1,817.00 – $3,363.62
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $1,817.00 – $3,363.62
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $1,006.73 – $3,363.62
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $1,817.00 – $3,363.62
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $1,817.00 – $3,363.62

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