Decompress optic nerve at Elmhurst Hospital Center

7901 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373, NY · NYC Health + Hospitals · · NPI 1063426377

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,462.45

Cash price

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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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$9,620.08

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $7,696.06 with MULTIPLAN — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Healthfirst Medicare Advantage PPO $225.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $257.00 ↓ -94%
MAGNACARE PPO Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -93%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus FPP $330.00 ↓ -93%
MAGNACARE Direct Plus Non-FPP $330.00 ↓ -93%
MAGNACARE PPO FPP $330.00 ↓ -93%
EMBLEM PPO_Commercial $332.00 ↓ -93%
EMBLEM HIP_GHI_CHP $332.00 ↓ -93%
OXFORD Liberty $380.00 ↓ -91%
OXFORD Freedom $431.00 ↓ -90%
UNITED EXCHANGE $480.00 ↓ -89%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $529.00 ↓ -88%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $645.00 ↓ -86%
Local 1199 ALL PRODUCTS $1,354.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,397.19 ↓ -69%
Healthfirst CHP $1,889.38 ↓ -58%
Healthfirst HARP $1,889.38 ↓ -58%
Healthfirst Managed Medicaid $1,889.38 ↓ -58%
Fidelis MAP $2,011.95 ↓ -55%
Carelon Commercial_Essential Plans $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus SNP $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
Carelon Managed Medicaid_HARP_CHP $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
Fidelis CHP $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
Fidelis HARP_Managed Medicaid $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
Carelon GHI BMP $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus Managed Medicaid $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus HARP $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus Goldcare 1 & 2 $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus Gold $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
MetroPlus CHP $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
UNITED HARP $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
Anthem HealthPlus EXCHANGE $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,276.36 ↓ -49%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHP $2,321.89 ↓ -48%
Carelon (Amida Care) Managed Medicaid $2,321.89 ↓ -48%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HARP $2,321.89 ↓ -48%
VNSNY MAP $2,321.89 ↓ -48%
VNSNY Medicaid SNP $2,321.89 ↓ -48%
UNITED Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $2,435.71 ↓ -45%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Essential Plan $2,504.00 ↓ -44%
UNITED CHP $2,845.45 ↓ -36%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 3-4 $3,414.54 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM Small Group EPO_PPO $3,522.00 ↓ -21%
ANTHEM Blue Access Small Group $3,522.00 ↓ -21%
ANTHEM Blue Access Large Group $3,619.00 ↓ -19%
Emblem Essential Plan 200-250 $3,642.18 ↓ -18%
Healthfirst EXCHANGE $3,642.18 ↓ -18%
EMBLEM Essential Plan 1-2 $3,642.18 ↓ -18%
Healthfirst Small Group $3,710.47 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM INDEMNITY $3,913.00 ↓ -12%
ANTHEM HMO $3,913.00 ↓ -12%
ANTHEM PPO $3,913.00 ↓ -12%
ANTHEM EPO $3,913.00 ↓ -12%
Healthfirst MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,073.23 ↓ -9%
Healthfirst MAP $4,073.23 ↓ -9%
Senior Whole Health MLTC $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
Hamaspik MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
Senior Whole Health MAP $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare Advantage $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN All Products $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
VNSNY Medicare SNP $4,462.45 ↑ +0%
OXFORD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,685.57 ↑ +5%
Wellcare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,819.45 ↑ +8%
Amidacare Managed Medicaid $4,907.50 ↑ +10%
VillageCare Max MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,907.50 ↑ +10%
Elderplan MAP_Medicare Advantage_MLTC $4,907.50 ↑ +10%
VillageCare Max MAP $4,907.50 ↑ +10%
Centerlight PACE $4,907.50 ↑ +10%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
Anthem HealthPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 3-4 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 200-250 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
Affinity Essential Plan 3-4 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
Affinity Essential Plan 200-250 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
Affinity Essential Plan 1-2 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
Healthfirst Essential Plan 1-2 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
Fidelis Essential Plan 1-4_200-250 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 1-2 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 200-250 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
MetroPlus Essential Plan 3-4 $5,121.81 ↑ +15%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,152.88 ↑ +15%
MetroPlus MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,545.48 ↑ +24%
MetroPlus EXCHANGE $5,545.48 ↑ +24%
MetroPlus MAP $5,545.48 ↑ +24%
EMBLEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,578.06 ↑ +25%
Carelon MAP_Medicare Advantage $6,253.05 ↑ +40%
Fidelis EXCHANGE $6,336.68 ↑ +42%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $7,696.06 ↑ +72%
Affinity CHP not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
Affinity HARP_Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus CHP not published by hospital —
Anthem HealthPlus Managed Medicaid_HARP_MLTC_MAP not published by hospital —
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH All Products_Exchange not published by hospital —

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