X-ray assay calculus 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

$12.52

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$31.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$9.12 with PB - AETNA vs $100.51 with Anthem HealthPlus — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
PB - AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.12 ↓ -27%
PB - AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $9.12 ↓ -27%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.02 ↓ -20%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $10.39 ↓ -17%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.27 ↓ -2%
Healthfirst MAP $12.27 ↓ -2%
Senior Whole Health MAP $12.52 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $12.52 ↑ +0%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.52 ↑ +0%
Centerlight PACE $12.52 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $12.52 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $12.52 ↑ +0%
Fidelis MAP $12.52 ↑ +0%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $12.52 ↑ +0%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.52 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.52 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $12.52 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.15 ↑ +5%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.15 ↑ +5%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $14.15 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MAP $14.15 ↑ +13%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.15 ↑ +13%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $15.02 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $15.02 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $15.02 ↑ +20%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $15.02 ↑ +20%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $15.15 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $15.15 ↑ +21%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $15.15 ↑ +21%
PB - HAMASPIK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.50 ↑ +24%
PB - CENTERLIGHT PACE $15.50 ↑ +24%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $15.65 ↑ +25%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $15.87 ↑ +27%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $16.90 ↑ +35%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $16.90 ↑ +35%
PB - LOCAL 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $17.00 ↑ +36%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $17.00 ↑ +36%
PB - OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $17.05 ↑ +36%
OXFORD Freedom $18.29 ↑ +46%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $18.29 ↑ +46%
OXFORD Liberty $18.29 ↑ +46%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.53 ↑ +48%
PB - WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.60 ↑ +49%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.78 ↑ +50%
VillageCare Max MAP $18.78 ↑ +50%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $18.78 ↑ +50%
PB - AFFINITY ESSENTIAL $21.70 ↑ +73%
PB - AFFINITY CHP $21.70 ↑ +73%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $25.04 ↑ +100%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $31.48 ↑ +151%
PB - CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $31.48 ↑ +151%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $37.08 ↑ +196%
Healthfirst CHP $37.08 ↑ +196%
Healthfirst HARP $37.08 ↑ +196%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $43.44 ↑ +247%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $43.44 ↑ +247%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $44.67 ↑ +257%
Fidelis CHP $44.67 ↑ +257%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $44.67 ↑ +257%
UNITED HARP $44.67 ↑ +257%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $44.67 ↑ +257%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $44.67 ↑ +257%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $44.67 ↑ +257%
MetroPlus CHP $44.68 ↑ +257%
MetroPlus SNP $44.68 ↑ +257%
MetroPlus Gold $44.68 ↑ +257%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $44.68 ↑ +257%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $44.68 ↑ +257%
Carelon GHI BMP $44.68 ↑ +257%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $44.68 ↑ +257%
MetroPlus HARP $44.68 ↑ +257%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $44.83 ↑ +258%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $45.56 ↑ +264%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $45.56 ↑ +264%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $45.56 ↑ +264%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $45.56 ↑ +264%
VNSNY MAP $45.56 ↑ +264%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $47.80 ↑ +282%
ANTHEM HMO $48.39 ↑ +287%
ANTHEM PPO $48.39 ↑ +287%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $48.39 ↑ +287%
ANTHEM EPO $48.39 ↑ +287%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $49.14 ↑ +292%
UNITED CHP $55.85 ↑ +346%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $71.49 ↑ +471%
Healthfirst Small Group $72.83 ↑ +482%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $100.51 ↑ +703%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $100.51 ↑ +703%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $100.51 ↑ +703%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $100.51 ↑ +703%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $100.51 ↑ +703%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $100.51 ↑ +703%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $100.51 ↑ +703%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $100.51 ↑ +703%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $100.51 ↑ +703%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $100.51 ↑ +703%
PB - FIDELIS ESSENTIAL PLAN not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
PB - UNITED BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
PB - ANTHEM EXCHANGE 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 CHP not published by hospital
PB - FIDELIS QHP not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

X-ray assay calculus at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $12.52 $9.12 – $31.48
Harlem Hospital Center New York $12.52 $10.02 – $31.48
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $12.52 $9.12 – $31.48
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $12.52 $10.02 – $31.48
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $12.52 $10.02 – $31.48
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $12.52 $9.12 – $31.48
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $12.52 $10.02 – $31.48
North Central Bronx Bronx $12.52 $10.02 – $31.48

All New-york hospitals for this procedure →