Close median sternotomy separation 21750 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

$416.46

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.

$1,893.00

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.

$54.19 with Univera vs $1,318.53 with United Healthcare — 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 $54.19 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $54.19 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $64.68 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $64.68 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $70.97 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $79.70 ↓ -81%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $81.31 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $89.32 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $89.32 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $89.32 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $89.32 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $89.32 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $98.56 ↓ -76%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $764.01 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $808.18 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $808.18 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $808.18 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $808.18 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $808.18 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $808.18 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $808.18 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $808.18 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $808.18 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $808.18 ↑ +94%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,072.86 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,250.63 ↑ +200%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,318.53 ↑ +217%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,318.53 ↑ +217%

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Close median sternotomy separation 21750 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $7,413.38 $412.98 – $18,115.63
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $7,413.38 $412.98 – $18,115.63
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $7,413.38 $412.98 – $18,115.63
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $7,413.38 $412.98 – $18,115.63
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $770.87 – $18,115.63
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $799.82 – $18,115.63
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $799.82 – $18,115.63
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $799.82 – $18,115.63

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