Biopsy/removal lymph nodes 38520 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

$291.06

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$1,323.00

Gross charge

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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.

$41.79 with Univera vs $8,700.32 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
Univera Univera Essential Plan $41.79 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $41.79 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Medicare $51.62 ↓ -82%
Univera Univera Commercial $54.95 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $171.15 ↓ -41%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $171.15 ↓ -41%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $215.16 ↓ -26%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $236.35 ↓ -19%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $236.35 ↓ -19%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $236.35 ↓ -19%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $236.35 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $236.35 ↓ -19%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $519.56 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $549.60 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $549.60 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $549.60 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $549.60 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $549.60 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $549.60 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $549.60 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $549.60 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $549.60 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $549.60 ↑ +89%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $746.07 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $851.35 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $897.57 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $897.57 ↑ +208%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,132.50 ↑ +289%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,155.15 ↑ +297%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,208.00 ↑ +315%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,245.75 ↑ +328%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,245.75 ↑ +328%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $4,168.90 ↑ +1332%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $4,168.90 ↑ +1332%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $4,214.22 ↑ +1348%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $4,531.42 ↑ +1457%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $4,531.42 ↑ +1457%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $4,531.42 ↑ +1457%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $4,667.36 ↑ +1504%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $4,712.67 ↑ +1519%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $4,712.67 ↑ +1519%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $4,712.67 ↑ +1519%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $4,712.67 ↑ +1519%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $4,757.99 ↑ +1535%
Humana Humana Commercial $4,803.30 ↑ +1550%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4,848.62 ↑ +1566%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4,893.93 ↑ +1581%
Molina Molina Ohio $4,939.24 ↑ +1597%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,600.46 ↑ +2168%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $8,700.32 ↑ +2889%

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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes 38520 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $4,531.42 $259.24 – $7,331.36
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4,531.42 $537.79 – $6,797.13
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $4,531.42 $259.24 – $7,331.36
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4,531.42 $556.23 – $6,797.13
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4,531.42 $556.23 – $6,797.13
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $4,531.42 $259.24 – $7,331.36
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $4,531.42 $259.24 – $7,331.36
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $4,531.42 $556.23 – $6,797.13

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