Biopsy finger joint lining 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

$205.48

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.

$934.00

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.

$3.00 with Amerihealth vs $3,636.21 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 CHC $3.00 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $3.00 ↓ -99%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $27.06 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $27.06 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $35.43 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $39.79 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $158.03 ↓ -23%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $158.03 ↓ -23%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $198.66 ↓ -3%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $218.23 ↑ +6%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $218.23 ↑ +6%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $218.23 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $218.23 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $218.23 ↑ +6%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $225.75 ↑ +10%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $230.26 ↑ +12%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $348.81 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $368.98 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $368.98 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $368.98 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $368.98 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $368.98 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $368.98 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $368.98 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $368.98 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $368.98 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $368.98 ↑ +80%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $525.49 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $582.37 ↑ +183%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $613.98 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $613.98 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +504%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,742.35 ↑ +748%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,742.35 ↑ +748%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,761.29 ↑ +757%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,893.86 ↑ +822%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,893.86 ↑ +822%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,893.86 ↑ +822%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,950.68 ↑ +849%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,969.62 ↑ +859%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,969.62 ↑ +859%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,969.62 ↑ +859%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,969.62 ↑ +859%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $1,988.55 ↑ +868%
Humana Humana Commercial $2,007.49 ↑ +877%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $2,026.43 ↑ +886%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $2,045.37 ↑ +895%
Molina Molina Ohio $2,064.31 ↑ +905%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $2,758.60 ↑ +1243%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $3,636.21 ↑ +1670%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $1,893.86 $180.72 – $3,010.85
Harlem Hospital Center New York $1,893.86 $381.45 – $2,367.33
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Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $1,893.86 $180.72 – $3,010.85
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $1,893.86 $180.72 – $3,010.85
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $1,893.86 $393.52 – $2,367.33

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