Aluminum - quest at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center
622 West 168th Street, New York, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1952332801
$18.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
not published by hospital
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$11.02 with HealthFirst vs $397.82 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HealthFirst | nystateofhealth plans | $11.02 | ↓ -39% |
| MagnaCare | All Commercial Plans | $13.68 | ↓ -24% |
| Worldwide | All Commercial Plans | $13.68 | ↓ -24% |
| QHM | All Commercial Plans | $15.30 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | Child Health Plus | $15.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Claritev dba MultiPlan | All Commercial Plans | $15.30 | ↓ -15% |
| First Health Coventry | All Commercial Plans | $15.66 | ↓ -13% |
| Beech Street | All Commercial Plans | $16.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Devon | All Commercial Plans | $16.20 | ↓ -10% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $16.74 | ↓ -7% |
| Consumer Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $16.92 | ↓ -6% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicare Advantage | $17.84 | ↓ -1% |
| Anthem BCBS | All Commercial Plans | $17.84 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $17.84 | ↓ -1% |
| EmblemHealth | All Commercial Plans | $17.84 | ↓ -1% |
| EmblemHealth | All NYS Essential Plans | $17.84 | ↓ -1% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicare Advantage | $24.21 | ↑ +35% |
| Anthem BCBS | Medicare Advantage | $24.21 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $24.37 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $25.48 | ↑ +42% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $25.48 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $26.24 | ↑ +46% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $26.24 | ↑ +46% |
| VNS Health | Medicare Advantage | $26.24 | ↑ +46% |
| Oxford Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $26.24 | ↑ +46% |
| WellCare | Medicare Advantage | $26.37 | ↑ +47% |
| HealthFirst | Medicare Advantage | $26.75 | ↑ +49% |
| Senior Whole Health | Medicare Advantage | $31.85 | ↑ +77% |
| 1199SEIU Funds | All Commercial Plans | $36.00 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $43.02 | ↑ +139% |
| Oxford Health Plans | All Commercial Plans | $48.15 | ↑ +168% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | nystateofhealth plans | $98.24 | ↑ +446% |
| MVP Health | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $98.24 | ↑ +446% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $98.24 | ↑ +446% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicaid | $98.24 | ↑ +446% |
| VNS Health | Medicaid | $98.24 | ↑ +446% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $98.24 | ↑ +446% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid | $104.72 | ↑ +482% |
| HealthFirst | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $105.12 | ↑ +484% |
| Amida Care | Medicaid | $112.98 | ↑ +528% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $112.98 | ↑ +528% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Child Health Plus | $147.36 | ↑ +719% |
| MVP Health | All NYS Essential Plans | $211.22 | ↑ +1073% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $221.04 | ↑ +1128% |
| Fidelis Care | All NYS Essential Plans | $245.60 | ↑ +1264% |
| Fidelis Care | nystateofhealth plans | $245.60 | ↑ +1264% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | All NYS Essential Plans | $326.16 | ↑ +1712% |
| United Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $359.32 | ↑ +1896% |
| HealthFirst | All Essential Plans | $397.82 | ↑ +2110% |
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Aluminum - quest at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $25.48 | $1.00 – $63.76 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $25.48 | $1.00 – $63.76 |
| Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital | New York | not published | not published |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Queens | Flushing | $18.00 | $11.02 – $58.80 |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $25.48 | $1.00 – $63.76 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $25.48 | $1.00 – $63.76 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $25.48 | $1.00 – $63.76 |
| UPMC Chautauqua | Jamestown | $187.20 | $25.48 – $264.60 |