Bronchoscopy w/markers 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

$120.56

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.

$548.00

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.

$158.02 with Univera vs $15,728.21 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
Univera Univera Healthy New York $158.02 ↑ +31%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $158.02 ↑ +31%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $170.00 ↑ +41%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $176.22 ↑ +46%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $176.22 ↑ +46%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $182.80 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $188.28 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $193.77 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $193.77 ↑ +61%
Univera Univera Medicare $196.80 ↑ +63%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $201.08 ↑ +67%
Univera Univera Commercial $210.27 ↑ +74%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $221.54 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $223.60 ↑ +85%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $236.52 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $236.52 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $236.52 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $236.52 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $236.52 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $236.52 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $236.52 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $236.52 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $236.52 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $236.52 ↑ +96%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $243.35 ↑ +102%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $243.35 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $243.35 ↑ +102%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $243.35 ↑ +102%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $243.35 ↑ +102%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $309.76 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $364.59 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $384.39 ↑ +219%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $384.39 ↑ +219%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +865%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +885%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +930%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +962%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +962%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $7,536.43 ↑ +6151%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $7,536.43 ↑ +6151%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $7,618.35 ↑ +6219%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $8,191.77 ↑ +6695%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $8,519.45 ↑ +6967%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $8,519.45 ↑ +6967%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $8,519.45 ↑ +6967%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $8,601.36 ↑ +7035%
Humana Humana Commercial $8,683.28 ↑ +7102%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $8,765.20 ↑ +7170%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $8,847.12 ↑ +7238%
Molina Molina Ohio $8,929.03 ↑ +7306%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $11,932.14 ↑ +9797%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $15,728.21 ↑ +12946%

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Bronchoscopy w/markers at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $8,191.77 $130.58 – $13,214.57
Harlem Hospital Center New York $8,191.77 $215.10 – $10,239.72
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $8,191.77 $130.58 – $13,214.57
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $8,191.77 $220.65 – $10,239.72
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $8,191.77 $220.65 – $10,239.72
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $8,191.77 $130.58 – $13,214.57
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $8,191.77 $130.58 – $13,214.57
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $8,191.77 $220.65 – $10,239.72

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