Analysis nerve at WESTFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC

189 EAST MAIN STREET, WESTFIELD, NY · Ahn · · NPI 1942236427

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 30, 2026

$73.48

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.

$334.00

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.

$31.50 with Amerihealth vs $141.02 with United Healthcare — 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $31.50 ↓ -57%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $31.50 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $31.50 ↓ -57%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $32.25 ↓ -56%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $47.25 ↓ -36%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $50.40 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $50.40 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $50.40 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $50.40 ↓ -31%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $55.18 ↓ -25%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $58.17 ↓ -21%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $58.17 ↓ -21%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $58.80 ↓ -20%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $63.23 ↓ -14%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $63.23 ↓ -14%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $63.23 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $65.12 ↓ -11%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $65.12 ↓ -11%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $65.76 ↓ -11%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $65.76 ↓ -11%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $65.76 ↓ -11%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $65.76 ↓ -11%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $66.39 ↓ -10%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $66.39 ↓ -10%
Humana Humana Commercial $67.02 ↓ -9%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $67.31 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $67.31 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $67.65 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $68.29 ↓ -7%
Molina Molina Ohio $68.92 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $77.26 ↑ +5%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $92.10 ↑ +25%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $92.10 ↑ +25%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $93.88 ↑ +28%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $93.88 ↑ +28%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $99.23 ↑ +35%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $99.32 ↑ +35%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $104.84 ↑ +43%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $104.84 ↑ +43%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $104.84 ↑ +43%
Univera Univera Medicare $110.45 ↑ +50%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $110.47 ↑ +50%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $111.10 ↑ +51%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $121.40 ↑ +65%
Univera Univera Commercial $121.49 ↑ +65%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $124.74 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $133.53 ↑ +82%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $137.03 ↑ +86%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $137.03 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $141.02 ↑ +92%

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