Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails 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

$156.00

Cash price

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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

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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.

$2.99 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.

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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 $2.99 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS All Commercial Plans $2.99 ↓ -98%
EmblemHealth All Commercial Plans $2.99 ↓ -98%
EmblemHealth Medicare Advantage $2.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial $2.99 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthcare All Commercial Plans $3.96 ↓ -97%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicare Advantage $4.06 ↓ -97%
Anthem BCBS Medicare Advantage $4.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -97%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -97%
Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage $4.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.40 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.40 ↓ -97%
VNS Health Medicare Advantage $4.40 ↓ -97%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $4.42 ↓ -97%
HealthFirst Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↓ -97%
Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage $5.34 ↓ -97%
1199SEIU Funds All Commercial Plans $6.00 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare All Commercial Plans $7.21 ↓ -95%
Oxford Health Plans All Commercial Plans $8.07 ↓ -95%
MVP Health Medicaid/Child Health Plus $85.68 ↓ -45%
VNS Health Medicaid $85.68 ↓ -45%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Medicaid $85.68 ↓ -45%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus nystateofhealth plans $85.68 ↓ -45%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare Medicaid/Child Health Plus $85.68 ↓ -45%
Fidelis Care Medicaid/Child Health Plus $85.68 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicaid $91.33 ↓ -41%
HealthFirst Medicaid/Child Health Plus $91.68 ↓ -41%
HealthFirst nystateofhealth plans $95.47 ↓ -39%
Amida Care Medicaid $98.53 ↓ -37%
EmblemHealth Medicaid/Child Health Plus $98.53 ↓ -37%
Worldwide All Commercial Plans $118.56 ↓ -24%
MagnaCare All Commercial Plans $118.56 ↓ -24%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus Child Health Plus $128.52 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Child Health Plus $132.60 ↓ -15%
QHM All Commercial Plans $132.60 ↓ -15%
Claritev dba MultiPlan All Commercial Plans $132.60 ↓ -15%
First Health Coventry All Commercial Plans $135.72 ↓ -13%
Devon All Commercial Plans $140.40 ↓ -10%
Beech Street All Commercial Plans $140.40 ↓ -10%
First Health All Commercial Plans $145.08 ↓ -7%
Consumer Health Network All Commercial Plans $146.64 ↓ -6%
MVP Health All NYS Essential Plans $184.21 ↑ +18%
Affinity by Molina Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $192.78 ↑ +24%
Fidelis Care nystateofhealth plans $214.20 ↑ +37%
Fidelis Care All NYS Essential Plans $214.20 ↑ +37%
Anthem BCBS Healthplus All NYS Essential Plans $284.46 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare All NYS Essential Plans $313.38 ↑ +101%
HealthFirst All Essential Plans $346.96 ↑ +122%

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Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4.27 $1.00 – $10.49
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4.27 $1.00 – $10.49
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $156.00 $2.99 – $44.36
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $4.27 $1.00 – $10.49
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $4.27 $1.00 – $10.49
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4.27 $1.00 – $10.49
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $10.20 $3.90 – $15.30
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $4.27 $1.00 – $10.49

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