Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) 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

$3,791.58

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,861.00

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.

$9.00 with Amerihealth vs $3,681.27 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 $9.00 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $9.00 ↓ -100%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $124.08 ↓ -97%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $124.08 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $131.99 ↓ -97%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $141.93 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $145.83 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $145.83 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $146.19 ↓ -96%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $150.45 ↓ -96%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $150.45 ↓ -96%
Univera Univera Medicare $150.66 ↓ -96%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $156.12 ↓ -96%
Univera Univera Commercial $163.69 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $172.55 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $182.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $182.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $182.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $182.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $182.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $182.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $182.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $182.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $182.52 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $182.52 ↓ -95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $183.33 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $201.39 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $201.39 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $201.39 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $201.39 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $201.39 ↓ -95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $208.33 ↓ -95%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $212.50 ↓ -94%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $242.92 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $291.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $307.35 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $307.35 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↓ -67%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,763.94 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,763.94 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,783.11 ↓ -53%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,917.33 ↓ -49%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,994.02 ↓ -47%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,994.02 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,994.02 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $2,013.19 ↓ -47%
Humana Humana Commercial $2,032.37 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $2,051.54 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $2,070.71 ↓ -45%
Molina Molina Ohio $2,089.89 ↓ -45%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $2,792.78 ↓ -26%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $3,681.27 ↓ -3%

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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $1,917.33 $0.01 – $3,092.49
Harlem Hospital Center New York $1,917.33 $0.01 – $2,329.68
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $1,917.33 $0.01 – $3,092.49
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $1,917.33 $0.01 – $2,329.68
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $1,917.33 $0.01 – $2,329.68
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $975.00 $173.61 – $2,039.03
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $1,917.33 $0.01 – $3,092.49
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $1,917.33 $0.01 – $3,092.49

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