Culture body fluid at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center
622 West 168th Street, New York, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1952332801
$233.00
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.
$6.03 with EmblemHealth vs $346.96 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 |
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| EmblemHealth | All NYS Essential Plans | $6.03 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem BCBS | All Commercial Plans | $6.03 | ↓ -97% |
| EmblemHealth | All Commercial Plans | $6.03 | ↓ -97% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicare Advantage | $6.03 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $6.03 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicare Advantage | $8.19 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem BCBS | Medicare Advantage | $8.19 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $8.23 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $8.62 | ↓ -96% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $8.62 | ↓ -96% |
| VNS Health | Medicare Advantage | $8.88 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $8.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $8.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Oxford Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $8.88 | ↓ -96% |
| WellCare | Medicare Advantage | $8.92 | ↓ -96% |
| HealthFirst | Medicare Advantage | $9.05 | ↓ -96% |
| Senior Whole Health | Medicare Advantage | $10.78 | ↓ -95% |
| 1199SEIU Funds | All Commercial Plans | $12.00 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $14.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Oxford Health Plans | All Commercial Plans | $16.27 | ↓ -93% |
| MVP Health | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $85.68 | ↓ -63% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicaid | $85.68 | ↓ -63% |
| VNS Health | Medicaid | $85.68 | ↓ -63% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | nystateofhealth plans | $85.68 | ↓ -63% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $85.68 | ↓ -63% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $85.68 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid | $91.33 | ↓ -61% |
| HealthFirst | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $91.68 | ↓ -61% |
| Amida Care | Medicaid | $98.53 | ↓ -58% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $98.53 | ↓ -58% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Child Health Plus | $128.52 | ↓ -45% |
| HealthFirst | nystateofhealth plans | $142.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Worldwide | All Commercial Plans | $177.08 | ↓ -24% |
| MagnaCare | All Commercial Plans | $177.08 | ↓ -24% |
| MVP Health | All NYS Essential Plans | $184.21 | ↓ -21% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $192.78 | ↓ -17% |
| Claritev dba MultiPlan | All Commercial Plans | $198.05 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | Child Health Plus | $198.05 | ↓ -15% |
| QHM | All Commercial Plans | $198.05 | ↓ -15% |
| First Health Coventry | All Commercial Plans | $202.71 | ↓ -13% |
| Beech Street | All Commercial Plans | $209.70 | ↓ -10% |
| Devon | All Commercial Plans | $209.70 | ↓ -10% |
| Fidelis Care | nystateofhealth plans | $214.20 | ↓ -8% |
| Fidelis Care | All NYS Essential Plans | $214.20 | ↓ -8% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $216.69 | ↓ -7% |
| Consumer Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $219.02 | ↓ -6% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | All NYS Essential Plans | $284.46 | ↑ +22% |
| United Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $313.38 | ↑ +34% |
| HealthFirst | All Essential Plans | $346.96 | ↑ +49% |
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Culture body fluid at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $8.62 | $1.00 – $21.79 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $8.62 | $1.00 – $21.79 |
| Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital | New York | not published | not published |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Queens | Flushing | $233.00 | $6.03 – $44.36 |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $8.62 | $1.00 – $21.79 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $8.62 | $1.00 – $21.79 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $8.62 | $1.00 – $21.79 |
| UPMC Chautauqua | Jamestown | $21.00 | $6.90 – $31.50 |