Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 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

$1,446.90

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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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$1,855.00

Gross charge

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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.

$71.42 with Univera vs $1,404.72 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 Healthy New York $71.42 ↓ -95%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $71.42 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $74.43 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $74.43 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $76.11 ↓ -95%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $81.84 ↓ -94%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $84.30 ↓ -94%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $86.75 ↓ -94%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $86.75 ↓ -94%
Univera Univera Medicare $88.95 ↓ -94%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $90.02 ↓ -94%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $93.57 ↓ -94%
Univera Univera Commercial $95.04 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $100.96 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $102.79 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $102.79 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $102.79 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $102.79 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $102.79 ↓ -93%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $106.34 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $106.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $106.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $106.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $106.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $106.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $106.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $106.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $106.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $106.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $106.80 ↓ -93%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $108.46 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $116.97 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $116.97 ↓ -92%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $140.09 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $165.84 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $174.85 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $174.85 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $673.09 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $673.09 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $680.41 ↓ -53%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $731.62 ↓ -49%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $760.89 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $760.89 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $760.89 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $768.21 ↓ -47%
Humana Humana Commercial $775.52 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $782.84 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $790.15 ↓ -45%
Molina Molina Ohio $797.47 ↓ -45%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,065.68 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↓ -14%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $1,404.72 ↓ -3%

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $731.62 $0.01 – $1,174.58
Harlem Hospital Center New York $731.62 $0.01 – $884.85
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $731.62 $0.01 – $1,174.58
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $731.62 $0.01 – $884.85
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $731.62 $0.01 – $884.85
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $360.60 $74.81 – $778.06
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $731.62 $0.01 – $1,174.58
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $731.62 $0.01 – $1,174.58

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