Laser treatment of retina at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center
622 West 168th Street, New York, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1952332801
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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.
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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.
$3,623.09 with Anthem BCBS Healthplus vs $15,649.34 with Anthem BCBS — 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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| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | nystateofhealth plans | $3,623.09 | — |
| Fidelis Care | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $3,623.09 | — |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $3,623.09 | — |
| VNS Health | Medicaid | $3,623.09 | — |
| MVP Health | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $3,623.09 | — |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicaid | $3,623.09 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid | $3,861.85 | — |
| HealthFirst | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $3,876.71 | — |
| EmblemHealth | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $4,166.56 | — |
| Amida Care | Medicaid | $4,166.56 | — |
| Anthem BCBS | Medicare Advantage | $4,522.24 | — |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicare Advantage | $4,657.90 | — |
| Cigna Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $4,760.25 | — |
| EmblemHealth | Medicare Advantage | $4,760.25 | — |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $4,760.25 | — |
| VNS Health | Medicare Advantage | $4,903.06 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $4,903.06 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $4,903.06 | — |
| Oxford Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $4,903.06 | — |
| WellCare | Medicare Advantage | $4,926.86 | — |
| HealthFirst | Medicare Advantage | $4,998.26 | — |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Child Health Plus | $5,434.64 | — |
| 1199SEIU Funds | All Commercial Plans | $5,858.00 | — |
| Senior Whole Health | Medicare Advantage | $5,950.31 | — |
| EmblemHealth | All NYS Essential Plans | $7,207.20 | — |
| MVP Health | All NYS Essential Plans | $7,789.65 | — |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $8,151.96 | — |
| Fidelis Care | nystateofhealth plans | $9,057.73 | — |
| Fidelis Care | All NYS Essential Plans | $9,057.73 | — |
| Cigna Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $9,433.91 | — |
| Oxford Health Plans | All Commercial Plans | $10,142.20 | — |
| HealthFirst | nystateofhealth plans | $10,792.54 | — |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $11,054.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial | $11,977.24 | — |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | All NYS Essential Plans | $12,028.66 | — |
| EmblemHealth | All Commercial Plans | $12,700.68 | — |
| United Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $13,251.46 | — |
| HealthFirst | All Essential Plans | $14,671.35 | — |
| United Healthcare | Child Health Plus | $14,989.64 | — |
| Anthem BCBS | All Commercial Plans | $15,649.34 | — |
| Worldwide | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MagnaCare | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Devon | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Claritev dba MultiPlan | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health Coventry | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| QHM | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Beech Street | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Consumer Health Network | All Commercial Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Laser treatment of retina at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $4,760.49 | $0.01 – $5,830.44 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $4,760.49 | $0.01 – $5,830.44 |
| Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital | New York | not published | not published |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $4,760.49 | $0.01 – $7,739.53 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $4,760.49 | $0.01 – $7,739.53 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $4,760.49 | $0.01 – $5,830.44 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $4,760.49 | $0.01 – $7,739.53 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $4,760.49 | $0.01 – $7,739.53 |