#cf-97variants at Canton-Potsdam Hospital

50 Leroy Street, Potsdam, NY · Rochesterregional · · NPI 156854878|

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$735.32

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.

$1,131.26

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.

$328.25 with FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK vs $5,271.78 with MVP - CIGNA — 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
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK MEDICAID $328.25 ↓ -55%
CDPHP MEDICAID $328.25 ↓ -55%
CHAMPUS-TRICARE COMMERCIAL $500.94 ↓ -32%
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $556.60 ↓ -24%
HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $556.60 ↓ -24%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE DUAL $556.60 ↓ -24%
CDPHP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $556.60 ↓ -24%
EXCELLUS COMMERCIAL $556.60 ↓ -24%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $556.60 ↓ -24%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $556.60 ↓ -24%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE DUAL $556.60 ↓ -24%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $556.60 ↓ -24%
MVP - CIGNA COMMERCIAL $5,271.78 ↑ +617%

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#cf-97variants at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $556.60 $1.00 – $1,389.06
Harlem Hospital Center New York $556.60 $1.00 – $1,389.06
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $556.60 $1.00 – $1,389.06
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $556.60 $1.00 – $1,389.06
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $556.60 $1.00 – $1,389.06
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $3,167.40 $445.28 – $1,395.90
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $556.60 $1.00 – $1,389.06
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $556.60 $1.00 – $1,389.06

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