Assay of methemalbumin 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

$7.04

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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.

$32.00

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.

$6.83 with Univera vs $22.28 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 $6.83 ↓ -3%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $7.08 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $7.08 ↑ +1%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $8.00 ↑ +14%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $8.00 ↑ +14%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $8.00 ↑ +14%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $9.13 ↑ +30%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $9.13 ↑ +30%
Univera Univera Commercial $9.56 ↑ +36%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $9.88 ↑ +40%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $9.88 ↑ +40%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $9.99 ↑ +42%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $10.39 ↑ +48%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $10.74 ↑ +53%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $10.74 ↑ +53%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $10.74 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $11.06 ↑ +57%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $11.06 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $11.09 ↑ +58%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $11.17 ↑ +59%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $11.17 ↑ +59%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $11.17 ↑ +59%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $11.17 ↑ +59%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $11.28 ↑ +60%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $11.28 ↑ +60%
Humana Humana Commercial $11.38 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $11.49 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $11.60 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $11.69 ↑ +66%
Molina Molina Ohio $11.71 ↑ +66%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $12.00 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $12.80 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $12.80 ↑ +82%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $12.80 ↑ +82%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $12.80 ↑ +82%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $20.62 ↑ +193%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $22.28 ↑ +216%

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Assay of methemalbumin at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $10.74 $6.41 – $26.64
Harlem Hospital Center New York $10.74 $8.59 – $26.64
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $10.74 $6.41 – $26.64
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $10.74 $8.59 – $26.64
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $10.74 $8.59 – $26.64
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $10.74 $6.41 – $26.64
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $10.74 $6.41 – $26.64
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $10.74 $8.59 – $26.64

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