Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$293.00

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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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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.

$6.00 with 1199SEIU Funds vs $566.28 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

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

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
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $6.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $20.48 ↓ -93%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $22.92 ↓ -92%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $60.06 ↓ -80%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $61.86 ↓ -79%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $63.22 ↓ -78%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $63.22 ↓ -78%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $63.22 ↓ -78%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $65.12 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $65.12 ↓ -78%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $65.12 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $65.12 ↓ -78%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $65.43 ↓ -78%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $66.38 ↓ -77%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $79.03 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $84.20 ↓ -71%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $94.87 ↓ -68%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $139.84 ↓ -52%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $139.84 ↓ -52%
MVP Health Medicaid/Child Health Plus $139.84 ↓ -52%
VNS Health Medicaid $139.84 ↓ -52%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $139.84 ↓ -52%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $139.84 ↓ -52%
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $146.50 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicaid $149.06 ↓ -49%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $149.63 ↓ -49%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $160.82 ↓ -45%
Amida Care Medicaid $160.82 ↓ -45%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $179.32 ↓ -39%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $209.76 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial $217.11 ↓ -26%
Worldwide All Commercial Plans $222.68 ↓ -24%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $222.68 ↓ -24%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $235.10 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $249.05 ↓ -15%
QHM All Commercial Plans $249.05 ↓ -15%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $249.05 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $254.91 ↓ -13%
Beech Street All Commercial Plans $263.70 ↓ -10%
Devon All Commercial Plans $263.70 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $272.49 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $275.42 ↓ -6%
MVP Health All NYS Essential Plans $300.66 ↑ +3%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $314.65 ↑ +7%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $349.61 ↑ +19%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $349.61 ↑ +19%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $464.28 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $511.48 ↑ +75%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $566.28 ↑ +93%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York $63.23 $1.00 – $107.74
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $63.23 $1.00 – $107.74
Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital New York not published not published
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $342.00 $6.00 – $106.64
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $63.23 $1.00 – $208.92
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $63.23 $1.00 – $208.92
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $63.23 $1.00 – $107.74
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $131.40 $4.80 – $197.10

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