Assay of feces porphyrins 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

$25.96

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.

$118.00

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.

$16.19 with Univera vs $81.13 with Highmark — 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 Medicare $16.19 ↓ -38%
Univera Univera Commercial $22.79 ↓ -12%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $24.41 ↓ -6%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $24.41 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $25.82 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $35.98 ↑ +39%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $35.98 ↑ +39%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $36.37 ↑ +40%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $37.45 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $38.18 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $38.18 ↑ +47%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $39.11 ↑ +51%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $39.11 ↑ +51%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $39.11 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $40.28 ↑ +55%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $40.28 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $40.40 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $40.67 ↑ +57%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $40.67 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $40.67 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $40.67 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $41.07 ↑ +58%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $41.07 ↑ +58%
Humana Humana Commercial $41.46 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $41.85 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $42.24 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $42.55 ↑ +64%
Molina Molina Ohio $42.63 ↑ +64%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $75.09 ↑ +189%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $81.13 ↑ +213%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $39.11 $18.91 – $97.66
Harlem Hospital Center New York $39.11 $31.29 – $97.66
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $39.11 $18.91 – $97.66
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $39.11 $31.29 – $97.66
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $39.11 $31.29 – $97.66
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $229.80 $27.03 – $344.70
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $39.11 $18.91 – $97.66
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $39.11 $18.91 – $97.66

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