Urine Culture Test 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

$8.07

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.

$33.84

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 $97.22 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
UNITED EXCHANGE $1.00 ↓ -88%
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.00 ↓ -26%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $6.00 ↓ -26%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.91 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $7.91 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MAP $7.91 ↓ -2%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $8.07 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $8.07 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $8.07 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $8.07 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $8.07 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $8.07 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $8.07 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $8.07 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $8.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.47 ↑ +5%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.47 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.72 ↑ +8%
MetroPlus MAP $9.12 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.12 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $9.12 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $9.68 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $9.68 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $9.68 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $9.68 ↑ +20%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.00 ↑ +24%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $10.00 ↑ +24%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $10.44 ↑ +29%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $11.00 ↑ +36%
OXFORD Liberty $11.79 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Freedom $11.79 ↑ +46%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $11.79 ↑ +46%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.00 ↑ +49%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $12.00 ↑ +49%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $12.11 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.11 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MAP $12.11 ↑ +50%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $14.00 ↑ +73%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $14.00 ↑ +73%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $20.18 ↑ +150%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $20.18 ↑ +150%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $22.00 ↑ +173%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $27.07 ↑ +235%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $27.07 ↑ +235%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $27.07 ↑ +235%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $27.99 ↑ +247%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $27.99 ↑ +247%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $28.76 ↑ +256%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $28.88 ↑ +258%
ANTHEM HMO $31.17 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM PPO $31.17 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $31.17 ↑ +286%
ANTHEM EPO $31.17 ↑ +286%
Healthfirst HARP $35.87 ↑ +344%
Healthfirst CHP $35.87 ↑ +344%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $35.87 ↑ +344%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $43.21 ↑ +435%
UNITED HARP $43.21 ↑ +435%
Fidelis CHP $43.21 ↑ +435%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $43.21 ↑ +435%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $43.21 ↑ +435%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $43.21 ↑ +435%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $43.21 ↑ +435%
Carelon GHI BMP $43.22 ↑ +436%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $43.22 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus Gold $43.22 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus HARP $43.22 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $43.22 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $43.22 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus CHP $43.22 ↑ +436%
MetroPlus SNP $43.22 ↑ +436%
VNSNY MAP $44.07 ↑ +446%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $44.07 ↑ +446%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $44.07 ↑ +446%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $44.07 ↑ +446%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $44.07 ↑ +446%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $46.23 ↑ +473%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $47.53 ↑ +489%
UNITED CHP $54.03 ↑ +570%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $54.03 ↑ +570%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $58.35 ↑ +623%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $58.35 ↑ +623%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $69.15 ↑ +757%
Healthfirst Small Group $70.45 ↑ +773%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $97.22 ↑ +1105%
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital —
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital —
Affinity CHP not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM ESSENTIAL PLAN 1-2 not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - ANTHEM CHP not published by hospital —
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Fidelis EXCHANGE not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital —
PB - HEALTHFIRST MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PPO not published by hospital —

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