Biopsy external ear 69100 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

$28.38

Cash price

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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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$129.00

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.

$37.67 with Univera vs $1,241.60 with United Healthcare — 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 $37.67 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $37.67 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $39.96 ↑ +41%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $42.97 ↑ +51%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $43.77 ↑ +54%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $43.77 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $44.26 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $45.55 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $45.55 ↑ +61%
Univera Univera Medicare $45.91 ↑ +62%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $47.27 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $49.02 ↑ +73%
Univera Univera Commercial $49.25 ↑ +74%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $51.85 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $51.85 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $51.85 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $51.85 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $51.85 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $51.85 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $51.85 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $51.85 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $51.85 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $51.85 ↑ +83%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $55.03 ↑ +94%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $60.45 ↑ +113%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $60.45 ↑ +113%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $60.45 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $60.45 ↑ +113%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $60.45 ↑ +113%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $62.53 ↑ +120%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $63.79 ↑ +125%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $68.79 ↑ +142%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $68.79 ↑ +142%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $73.46 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $87.07 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $91.80 ↑ +223%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $91.80 ↑ +223%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $252.82 ↑ +791%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $252.82 ↑ +791%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $253.00 ↑ +791%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $255.56 ↑ +800%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $285.79 ↑ +907%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $285.79 ↑ +907%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $285.79 ↑ +907%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $288.54 ↑ +917%
Humana Humana Commercial $291.29 ↑ +926%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $294.04 ↑ +936%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $296.78 ↑ +946%
Molina Molina Ohio $299.53 ↑ +955%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $400.27 ↑ +1310%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $527.62 ↑ +1759%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +4275%

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Biopsy external ear 69100 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $274.80 $0.01 – $645.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York $274.80 $0.01 – $645.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $274.80 $0.01 – $645.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $274.80 $0.01 – $645.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $274.80 $0.01 – $645.00
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $274.80 $0.01 – $645.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $274.80 $0.01 – $645.00
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $274.80 $0.01 – $645.00

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