Culture screening strep group a 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

$300.00

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$4.64 with EmblemHealth vs $346.96 with HealthFirst — same scan, same building. Share

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Payer

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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
EmblemHealth All NYS Essential Plans $4.64 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $4.64 ↓ -98%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $4.64 ↓ -98%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $4.64 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial $4.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $6.26 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $6.30 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $6.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.63 ↓ -98%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $6.63 ↓ -98%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $6.83 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.83 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.83 ↓ -98%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $6.83 ↓ -98%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $6.86 ↓ -98%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $6.96 ↓ -98%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $8.29 ↓ -97%
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $10.00 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $11.20 ↓ -96%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $12.54 ↓ -96%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $85.68 ↓ -71%
MVP Health Medicaid/Child Health Plus $85.68 ↓ -71%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $85.68 ↓ -71%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $85.68 ↓ -71%
VNS Health Medicaid $85.68 ↓ -71%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $85.68 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicaid $91.33 ↓ -70%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $91.68 ↓ -69%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $98.53 ↓ -67%
Amida Care Medicaid $98.53 ↓ -67%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $128.52 ↓ -57%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $183.60 ↓ -39%
MVP Health All NYS Essential Plans $184.21 ↓ -39%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $192.78 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $214.20 ↓ -29%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $214.20 ↓ -29%
Worldwide All Commercial Plans $228.00 ↓ -24%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $228.00 ↓ -24%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $255.00 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $255.00 ↓ -15%
QHM All Commercial Plans $255.00 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $261.00 ↓ -13%
Beech Street All Commercial Plans $270.00 ↓ -10%
Devon All Commercial Plans $270.00 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $279.00 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $282.00 ↓ -6%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $284.46 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $313.38 ↑ +4%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $346.96 ↑ +16%

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Culture screening strep group a at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York $6.63 $1.00 – $16.14
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $6.63 $1.00 – $16.14
Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital New York not published not published
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $300.00 $4.64 – $44.36
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $6.63 $1.00 – $16.14
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $6.63 $1.00 – $16.14
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $6.63 $1.00 – $16.14
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $16.20 $5.20 – $17.10

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