Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center
622 West 168th Street, New York, NY · NewYork-Presbyterian · · NPI 1952332801
$4,100.00
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.
$4,100.00
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.
$271.73 with Anthem BCBS vs $3,854.00 with Consumer Health Network — 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 | Medicare Advantage | $271.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicare Advantage | $279.88 | ↓ -93% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicare Advantage | $286.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $286.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $286.03 | ↓ -93% |
| VNS Health | Medicare Advantage | $294.61 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $294.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $294.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Oxford Health Plans | Medicare Advantage | $294.61 | ↓ -93% |
| WellCare | Medicare Advantage | $296.04 | ↓ -93% |
| HealthFirst | Medicare Advantage | $300.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Senior Whole Health | Medicare Advantage | $357.54 | ↓ -91% |
| EmblemHealth | All NYS Essential Plans | $376.90 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $548.69 | ↓ -87% |
| 1199SEIU Funds | All Commercial Plans | $607.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Oxford Health Plans | All Commercial Plans | $614.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $736.07 | ↓ -82% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Medicaid | $736.07 | ↓ -82% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | nystateofhealth plans | $736.07 | ↓ -82% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $736.07 | ↓ -82% |
| MVP Health | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $736.07 | ↓ -82% |
| VNS Health | Medicaid | $736.07 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid | $784.58 | ↓ -81% |
| HealthFirst | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $787.59 | ↓ -81% |
| EmblemHealth | Medicaid/Child Health Plus | $846.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Amida Care | Medicaid | $846.48 | ↓ -79% |
| EmblemHealth | All Commercial Plans | $927.87 | ↓ -77% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | Child Health Plus | $1,104.10 | ↓ -73% |
| MVP Health | All NYS Essential Plans | $1,582.55 | ↓ -61% |
| Affinity by Molina Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $1,656.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Fidelis Care | All NYS Essential Plans | $1,840.17 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis Care | nystateofhealth plans | $1,840.17 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $1,964.39 | ↓ -52% |
| Anthem BCBS | All Commercial Plans | $2,074.59 | ↓ -49% |
| Anthem BCBS Healthplus | All NYS Essential Plans | $2,443.75 | ↓ -40% |
| HealthFirst | nystateofhealth plans | $2,509.20 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | All NYS Essential Plans | $2,692.17 | ↓ -34% |
| HealthFirst | All Essential Plans | $2,980.64 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $3,038.10 | ↓ -26% |
| Worldwide | All Commercial Plans | $3,116.00 | ↓ -24% |
| MagnaCare | All Commercial Plans | $3,116.00 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Child Health Plus | $3,485.00 | ↓ -15% |
| QHM | All Commercial Plans | $3,485.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Claritev dba MultiPlan | All Commercial Plans | $3,485.00 | ↓ -15% |
| First Health Coventry | All Commercial Plans | $3,567.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Beech Street | All Commercial Plans | $3,690.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Devon | All Commercial Plans | $3,690.00 | ↓ -10% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $3,813.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Consumer Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $3,854.00 | ↓ -6% |
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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $286.04 | $1.00 – $1,787.00 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $286.04 | $1.00 – $1,787.00 |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $286.04 | $1.00 – $1,787.00 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $286.04 | $1.00 – $1,787.00 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $286.04 | $1.00 – $1,787.00 |
| UPMC Chautauqua | Jamestown | $682.20 | $236.23 – $1,023.30 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $286.04 | $1.00 – $1,787.00 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $286.04 | $1.00 – $1,787.00 |