Cohen’s Children’s Hospital: Pediatric Care & Info

New York State’s 2026 clinical staffing plan describes Cohen Children’s as the largest provider of pediatric healthcare services in New York State and says it provides a full spectrum of care from routine assessment through complex surgeries and specialized treatment for serious illnesses.

The hospital emphasizes family-centered pediatric care, with pediatric physicians, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, social workers, child-life staff, rehabilitation specialists and other pediatric-trained team members working across its inpatient and procedural areas.

What conditions can the pediatric ER manage?

The emergency team evaluates medical, surgical and traumatic pediatric emergencies. Depending on the child’s needs, the ED can coordinate:

• Pediatric emergency medicine evaluation
• Trauma resuscitation
• Pediatric surgical consultation
• Neurologic and neurosurgical evaluation
• Orthopedic assessment
• Laboratory testing
• X-ray and advanced imaging
• Ultrasound
• Medication and IV treatment
• Critical-care admission when needed
• Pediatric psychiatric emergency evaluation

What happens after arrival?

What to ask the scheduler

• Is the doctor accepting new patients?
• What is the earliest available appointment?
• Which location will the doctor be at?
• Is a referral required?
• Does the insurer need prior authorization?
• Should outside imaging be uploaded or brought on a disc?
• How early should the family arrive?
• Is telehealth available for this type of visit?
• Can the visit be placed on a cancellation list?

The same 2026 staffing plan documents active Cohen Children’s procedural areas including GI/endoscopy, MRI, phlebotomy, cardiac catheterization and an infusion clinic.

Cohen Children’s provides pediatric diagnostic testing on-site so many children do not have to be sent to an adult hospital for routine and advanced imaging.

Children’s Medical Fund Center for Diagnostic Studies

The hospital developed a dedicated pediatric diagnostic suite offering advanced imaging/testing such as MRI, CT, radiography and ultrasound. Because published department hours from older announcements may no longer reflect the current 2026 schedule, confirm the exact test time when the study is booked.

Northwell does not publish one universal “Cohen Children’s consultation fee.” The amount a family owes can differ significantly based on:

• Specialty
• New-patient vs. follow-up visit
• Hospital-based vs. office-based care
• Laboratory tests
• Imaging
• Procedures
• Professional physician charges
• Insurance contract
• Copay
• Deductible
• Coinsurance

Emergency room fee

There is no single flat emergency fee that accurately predicts every Cohen Children’s ED visit. The total can change according to the child’s emergency evaluation, diagnostic testing, medication, procedures, specialist consultations and whether admission is required.

How to get a better cost estimate

Cohen Children’s/Northwell works with many commercial and government insurance plans, but network participation can vary by:

• The exact insurance product
• The physician
• The Northwell facility
• The specialty
• The procedure or service
• Referral and prior-authorization requirements

Best verification process

1. Get the exact Cohen physician and location.
2. Call the number on the child’s insurance card.
3. Ask whether both the physician and facility are in network.
4. Ask whether a referral is required.
5. Ask whether prior authorization is required.
6. Record the insurer representative’s confirmation/reference number.

Pay without logging in

Northwell’s Pay as Guest tool allows payment without creating a MyNorthwell account. The Guarantor ID is printed near the top of the first page of the bill, below the patient-responsibility and due-date information.

Why use MyNorthwell for billing?

A signed-in MyNorthwell account can provide additional billing tools such as:

• Saved card or bank-account payment methods
• Viewing payment history
• Reviewing eligible balances
• Creating a payment plan for eligible bills

Cohen Children’s is included in Northwell Health’s Financial Assistance Program. Assistance is intended for eligible patients who are uninsured, underinsured or unable to pay all or part of eligible emergency or medically necessary hospital care.

Federal Poverty Guideline dollar amounts change every year, so this article intentionally does not copy an old 2024 income table into a 2026 hospital guide. Northwell’s financial counselor can apply the current annual limits to the household.

How to apply

• Apply through Northwell’s Financial Assistance Program.
• Request an application at hospital registration or the Emergency Department.
• Call 800-995-5727 and ask for a financial counselor.
• Submit required household-income and family-size documentation.
• If an application is incomplete, provide the missing documents requested by Northwell.

Northwell encourages hospital patients to apply as soon as possible, but its published assistance materials state that an application can still be submitted after treatment.

Cohen Children’s uses MyNorthwell, Northwell Health’s Epic MyChart patient portal.

Forgot username or password?

Use Forgot login information? on the MyNorthwell sign-in screen. Username recovery can send the username to an email address already on file. If online recovery fails, call 833-982-9100.

Provider messages

Northwell says MyNorthwell provider messages generally receive a response within one to three business days.

Parent/caregiver proxy access

MyNorthwell supports proxy access so an eligible adult can manage another patient’s healthcare information. The proxy must be at least 18. Each adult should use their own MyNorthwell account rather than sharing usernames and passwords.

For records already visible online

Start with MyNorthwell. It can provide available results, medications, visits and other electronic health information without waiting for a paper-record request.

For a complete formal copy

Cohen Children’s sits within the Northwell Long Island Jewish Medical Center campus near the Queens/Nassau border. Follow Cohen Children’s and patient/visitor signs rather than parking at the first adult-hospital entrance you see.

For a scheduled pediatric visit

Emergency Department arrival

Follow the dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department signs and use the emergency drop-off/parking route indicated on campus. Do not use an ambulance-only area as long-term visitor parking.

Valet

Valet service has been available at Cohen Children’s/LIJ campus entrances. Because current valet and garage prices are not consistently published on the hospital’s current public pages, confirm the posted price when you arrive rather than relying on an old online rate.

Cohen Children’s uses family-centered pediatric care, but visitor rules can vary by inpatient unit, age, infection-control conditions and clinical circumstances.

Before coming to the hospital

• Confirm the child’s unit and room with the parent/legal guardian.
• Ask whether the unit currently allows sibling visitors.
• Bring government-issued photo identification if you are an adult visitor.
• Do not visit while sick with fever, cough, vomiting or another contagious illness.
• Check NICU/PICU rules separately from general medical floors.
• Ask before bringing food, flowers, balloons or large gifts.

Parents staying with hospitalized children

Cohen Children’s inpatient design emphasizes keeping families close to children, and many pediatric rooms and family areas are built with parents/caregivers in mind. Overnight arrangements can still depend on the unit and the child’s clinical situation.

Northwell provides accessibility accommodations and language assistance across its hospitals. Tell the scheduling representative about access needs before arriving whenever possible.

Ask in advance about:

• Wheelchair assistance
• Accessible parking/drop-off
• American Sign Language interpretation
• Spoken-language interpretation
• Visual or hearing accommodations
• Service animal requirements
• Special communication needs
• Sensory/developmental accommodations

For an appointment, call 833-GO-COHEN and tell the representative what accommodation the child or caregiver requires.

• Confirm the exact doctor and specialty.
• Confirm whether the appointment is at the main hospital or an outpatient office.
• Save 833-GO-COHEN and the specialty number.
• Bring a photo ID for the responsible adult.
• Bring the child’s insurance card.
• Bring referral paperwork if requested.
• Confirm insurance prior authorization.
• Bring current medication and allergy information.
• Bring requested outside records, imaging or lab results.
• Ask about fasting instructions before MRI, surgery or procedures.
• Allow extra time for a large medical campus and parking.
• Request an interpreter or accessibility accommodation in advance.
• Check MyNorthwell for appointment changes before leaving home.
• For expensive planned treatment, use Northwell’s price-estimate tools first.