Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 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

$106.48

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$484.00

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.

$141.50 with Univera vs $8,376.94 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 $141.50 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $141.50 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $150.11 ↑ +41%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $161.41 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $166.25 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $171.09 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $171.09 ↑ +61%
Univera Univera Medicare $176.23 ↑ +66%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $177.55 ↑ +67%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $184.59 ↑ +73%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $184.59 ↑ +73%
Univera Univera Commercial $188.30 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $199.22 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $210.74 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $210.74 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $210.74 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $210.74 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $210.74 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $210.74 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $210.74 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $210.74 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $210.74 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $210.74 ↑ +98%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $232.06 ↑ +118%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $254.91 ↑ +139%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $254.91 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $254.91 ↑ +139%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $254.91 ↑ +139%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $254.91 ↑ +139%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $263.70 ↑ +148%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $268.97 ↑ +153%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $276.28 ↑ +159%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $290.07 ↑ +172%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $290.07 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $323.82 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $341.40 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $341.40 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,227.20 ↑ +1053%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $4,013.95 ↑ +3670%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $4,013.95 ↑ +3670%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $4,057.58 ↑ +3711%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $4,362.99 ↑ +3997%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $4,537.51 ↑ +4161%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $4,537.51 ↑ +4161%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $4,537.51 ↑ +4161%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $4,581.14 ↑ +4202%
Humana Humana Commercial $4,624.77 ↑ +4243%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4,668.40 ↑ +4284%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4,712.03 ↑ +4325%
Molina Molina Ohio $4,755.66 ↑ +4366%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,355.13 ↑ +5868%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $8,376.94 ↑ +7767%

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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $4,362.99 $0.01 – $6,981.05
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4,362.99 $0.01 – $5,259.06
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $4,362.99 $0.01 – $6,981.05
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4,362.99 $0.01 – $5,259.06
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4,362.99 $0.01 – $5,259.06
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $4,362.99 $0.01 – $6,981.05
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $4,362.99 $0.01 – $6,981.05
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $4,362.99 $0.01 – $5,259.06

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