Biopsy arm/elbow soft tissue 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

$266.20

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.

$1,210.00

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.

$28.58 with Amerihealth vs $6,502.72 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $28.58 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $28.58 ↓ -89%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $34.73 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $34.73 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $36.23 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $36.23 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Medicare $45.48 ↓ -83%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $45.54 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $50.03 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $50.03 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $50.03 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $50.03 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $50.03 ↓ -81%
Univera Univera Commercial $51.08 ↓ -81%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $51.75 ↓ -81%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $52.79 ↓ -80%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $375.06 ↑ +41%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $403.29 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $415.39 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $427.49 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $427.49 ↑ +61%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $443.62 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $448.51 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $474.45 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $474.45 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $474.45 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $474.45 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $474.45 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $474.45 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $474.45 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $474.45 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $474.45 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $474.45 ↑ +78%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $678.31 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $754.26 ↑ +183%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $795.21 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $795.21 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +366%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,115.89 ↑ +1071%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,115.89 ↑ +1071%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,149.76 ↑ +1083%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3,386.84 ↑ +1172%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,522.31 ↑ +1223%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,522.31 ↑ +1223%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,522.31 ↑ +1223%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $3,556.18 ↑ +1236%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,590.05 ↑ +1249%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,623.91 ↑ +1261%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,657.78 ↑ +1274%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,691.65 ↑ +1287%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $4,933.26 ↑ +1753%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $6,502.72 ↑ +2343%

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Biopsy arm/elbow soft tissue at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
Harlem Hospital Center New York $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $3,386.84 $0.01 – $5,438.86
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $3,386.84 $0.01 – $4,097.28

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