Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx 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

$204.60

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.

$930.00

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.

$262.23 with Univera vs $2,022.78 with Aetna — 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
Univera Univera Essential Plan $262.23 ↑ +28%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $262.23 ↑ +28%
Univera Univera Medicare $318.28 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $346.03 ↑ +69%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $366.04 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $366.04 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $366.04 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $366.04 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $366.04 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $366.04 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $366.04 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $366.04 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $366.04 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $366.04 ↑ +79%
Univera Univera Commercial $374.53 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $474.30 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $500.05 ↑ +144%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $500.05 ↑ +144%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $525.61 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $831.73 ↑ +307%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $831.73 ↑ +307%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $969.25 ↑ +374%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $969.25 ↑ +374%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $979.79 ↑ +379%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,053.53 ↑ +415%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,053.53 ↑ +415%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,053.53 ↑ +415%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,085.14 ↑ +430%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,095.67 ↑ +436%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,095.67 ↑ +436%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,095.67 ↑ +436%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,095.67 ↑ +436%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $1,106.21 ↑ +441%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $1,106.21 ↑ +441%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,116.75 ↑ +446%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,127.28 ↑ +451%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,137.82 ↑ +456%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,148.35 ↑ +461%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,534.58 ↑ +650%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $2,022.78 ↑ +889%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $1,053.53 $0.01 – $1,656.11
Harlem Hospital Center New York $1,053.53 $0.01 – $1,247.60
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $1,053.53 $0.01 – $1,656.11
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UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $3,037.20 $622.00 – $4,555.80
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $1,053.53 $0.01 – $1,656.11
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $1,053.53 $0.01 – $1,656.11

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