CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood test, potassium
Facility: Queens Hospital Center
Billing Code: 84132 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$20
about 4.0× the $5 Medicare rate · typically $6–$44
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $5 Fair price $20 Cash price $5 Hospital's list price $16
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $7 - $43 | 147% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $4 - $88 | 84% |
| Aetnamajor | $3 - $13 | 63% |
| Cignamajor | $12 | 252% |
| Fidelis Care | $5 - $88 | 105% |
| MagnaCare | $6 | 126% |
| Oscar Health | $7 | 147% |
| WellCare | $7 - $12 | 147% |
| + 15 smaller / regional plans | $4 - $88 |
Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Queens Hospital Center
Compare: Blood test, potassium at other NY hospitals
- Elizabethtown Community Hospital · Elizabethtown $3
- Long Island Community Hospital · Patchogue $4
- The University of Vermont Health Network-Alice Hy · Malone $4
- Kaleida Health · Buffalo $5
- Albany Medical Center Hospital · Albany $5
- Jamaica Hospital Medical Center · Jamaica $5
- New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc. · Brooklyn $5
- Nassau University Medical Center · East Meadow $5
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.