Close mastoid fistula 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

$406.56

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.

$1,848.00

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.

$38.13 with Univera vs $3,365.54 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 $38.13 ↓ -91%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $38.13 ↓ -91%
Univera Univera Medicare $46.47 ↓ -89%
Univera Univera Commercial $49.86 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $275.63 ↓ -32%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $275.63 ↓ -32%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $346.50 ↓ -15%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $380.63 ↓ -6%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $380.63 ↓ -6%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $380.63 ↓ -6%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $380.63 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $380.63 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $714.70 ↑ +76%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $756.03 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $756.03 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $756.03 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $756.03 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $756.03 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $756.03 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $756.03 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $756.03 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $756.03 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $756.03 ↑ +86%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,057.32 ↑ +160%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +186%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,201.90 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,267.15 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,267.15 ↑ +212%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +215%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +215%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,612.66 ↑ +297%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,612.66 ↑ +297%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,630.19 ↑ +301%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,752.89 ↑ +331%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,752.89 ↑ +331%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,752.89 ↑ +331%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,805.47 ↑ +344%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,823.00 ↑ +348%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,823.00 ↑ +348%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,823.00 ↑ +348%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,823.00 ↑ +348%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $1,840.53 ↑ +353%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,858.06 ↑ +357%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,875.59 ↑ +361%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,893.12 ↑ +366%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,910.65 ↑ +370%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $2,553.26 ↑ +528%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $3,365.54 ↑ +728%

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