Compatibility test each unit electronic 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

$25.00

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.

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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.

$12.50 with EmblemHealth vs $519.85 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
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $12.50 ↓ -50%
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $12.91 ↓ -48%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $15.30 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $17.92 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial $18.53 ↓ -26%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $19.00 ↓ -24%
Worldwide All Commercial Plans $19.00 ↓ -24%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $20.06 ↓ -20%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $20.06 ↓ -20%
QHM All Commercial Plans $21.25 ↓ -15%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $21.25 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $21.25 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $21.75 ↓ -13%
Devon All Commercial Plans $22.50 ↓ -10%
Beech Street All Commercial Plans $22.50 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $23.25 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $23.50 ↓ -6%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $27.00 ↑ +8%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $128.38 ↑ +414%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $128.38 ↑ +414%
MVP Health Medicaid/Child Health Plus $128.38 ↑ +414%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $128.38 ↑ +414%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $128.38 ↑ +414%
VNS Health Medicaid $128.38 ↑ +414%
United Healthcare Medicaid $136.84 ↑ +447%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $137.36 ↑ +449%
Amida Care Medicaid $147.63 ↑ +491%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $147.63 ↑ +491%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $192.57 ↑ +670%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $192.63 ↑ +671%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $198.41 ↑ +694%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $202.77 ↑ +711%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $202.77 ↑ +711%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $202.77 ↑ +711%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $208.85 ↑ +735%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $208.85 ↑ +735%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $208.85 ↑ +735%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $208.85 ↑ +735%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $209.87 ↑ +739%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $212.91 ↑ +752%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $253.46 ↑ +914%
MVP Health All NYS Essential Plans $276.01 ↑ +1004%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $288.85 ↑ +1055%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $320.94 ↑ +1184%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $320.94 ↑ +1184%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $426.21 ↑ +1605%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $469.54 ↑ +1778%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $519.85 ↑ +1979%

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