Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$16.28

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.

$74.00

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.

$21.58 with Univera vs $1,222.98 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 $21.58 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $21.58 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Medicare $25.39 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $27.41 ↑ +68%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $27.41 ↑ +68%
Univera Univera Commercial $28.18 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $28.61 ↑ +76%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $30.26 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $30.26 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $30.26 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $30.26 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $30.26 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $30.26 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $30.26 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $30.26 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $30.26 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $30.26 ↑ +86%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $34.45 ↑ +112%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $37.85 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $37.85 ↑ +132%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $37.85 ↑ +132%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $37.85 ↑ +132%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $37.85 ↑ +132%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $41.98 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $49.98 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $52.70 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $52.70 ↑ +224%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $165.00 ↑ +914%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $168.30 ↑ +934%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $176.00 ↑ +981%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $181.50 ↑ +1015%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $181.50 ↑ +1015%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $586.01 ↑ +3500%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $586.01 ↑ +3500%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $592.38 ↑ +3539%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $636.97 ↑ +3813%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $636.97 ↑ +3813%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $636.97 ↑ +3813%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $656.08 ↑ +3930%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $662.45 ↑ +3969%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $662.45 ↑ +3969%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $662.45 ↑ +3969%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $662.45 ↑ +3969%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $668.82 ↑ +4008%
Humana Humana Commercial $675.19 ↑ +4047%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $681.55 ↑ +4086%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $687.92 ↑ +4126%
Molina Molina Ohio $694.29 ↑ +4165%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $927.81 ↑ +5599%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $1,222.98 ↑ +7412%

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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $636.97 $212.00 – $1,016.67
Harlem Hospital Center New York $636.97 $279.78 – $1,016.67
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $636.97 $212.00 – $1,016.67
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $636.97 $279.78 – $1,016.67
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $636.97 $279.78 – $1,016.67
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $636.97 $212.00 – $1,016.67
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $636.97 $212.00 – $1,016.67
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $636.97 $279.78 – $1,016.67

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