Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$86.00

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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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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.

$3.37 with EmblemHealth vs $330.48 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 $3.37 ↓ -96%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $3.37 ↓ -96%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $3.37 ↓ -96%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $3.37 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial $3.37 ↓ -96%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $4.57 ↓ -95%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $4.57 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $4.61 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.81 ↓ -94%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $4.81 ↓ -94%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -94%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $4.95 ↓ -94%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $4.98 ↓ -94%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $5.05 ↓ -94%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $6.01 ↓ -93%
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $7.00 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $8.12 ↓ -91%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $9.09 ↓ -89%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $52.63 ↓ -39%
Worldwide All Commercial Plans $65.36 ↓ -24%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $65.36 ↓ -24%
QHM All Commercial Plans $73.10 ↓ -15%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $73.10 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $73.10 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $74.82 ↓ -13%
Devon All Commercial Plans $77.40 ↓ -10%
Beech Street All Commercial Plans $77.40 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $79.98 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $80.84 ↓ -6%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $81.61 ↓ -5%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $81.61 ↓ -5%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $81.61 ↓ -5%
MVP Health Medicaid/Child Health Plus $81.61 ↓ -5%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $81.61 ↓ -5%
VNS Health Medicaid $81.61 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Medicaid $86.99 ↑ +1%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $87.33 ↑ +2%
Amida Care Medicaid $93.85 ↑ +9%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $93.85 ↑ +9%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $122.42 ↑ +42%
MVP Health All NYS Essential Plans $175.47 ↑ +104%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $183.63 ↑ +114%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $204.03 ↑ +137%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $204.03 ↑ +137%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $270.95 ↑ +215%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $298.50 ↑ +247%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $330.48 ↑ +284%

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Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4.81 $1.00 – $12.11
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4.81 $1.00 – $12.11
Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital New York not published not published
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $36.00 $3.37 – $39.68
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $4.81 $1.00 – $12.11
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $4.81 $1.00 – $12.11
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4.81 $1.00 – $12.11
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $12.00 $4.81 – $18.00

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