Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center

622 West 168th Street, New York, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1952332801

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Discounted cash price

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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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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.

$2,418.63 with VNS Health vs $17,597.67 with United Healthcare — 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
VNS Health Medicaid $2,418.63
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $2,418.63
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $2,418.63
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $2,418.63
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $2,418.63
MVP Health Medicaid/Child Health Plus $2,418.63
United Healthcare Medicaid $2,578.02
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $2,587.94
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $2,781.43
Amida Care Medicaid $2,781.43
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $3,009.00
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $3,627.95
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $3,647.38
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $3,756.80
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $3,839.35
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,839.35
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,839.35
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,954.53
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $3,954.53
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,954.53
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $3,954.53
WellCare Medicare Advantage $3,973.73
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $4,031.32
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $4,799.19
MVP Health All NYS Essential Plans $5,200.06
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $5,441.92
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $6,046.58
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $6,046.58
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $7,207.20
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $8,029.86
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $8,846.15
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $8,909.36
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $9,433.91
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $9,712.00
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $9,794.01
Aetna Commercial $11,977.24
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $12,670.32
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $12,700.68
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $14,739.08
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $17,597.67
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
Beech Street All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
First Health All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
Devon All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
QHM All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans not published by hospital
Worldwide All Commercial Plans not published by hospital

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Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York $3,839.54 $636.48 – $8,168.77
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $3,839.54 $654.81 – $8,168.77
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $3,839.54 $343.96 – $8,168.77
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $3,839.54 $343.96 – $8,168.77
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $3,839.54 $654.81 – $8,168.77
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $3,839.54 $343.96 – $8,168.77
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $3,839.54 $343.96 – $8,168.77
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $3,839.54 $654.81 – $8,168.77

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