Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site 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

$36.96

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$168.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$16.01 with Jefferson Health Plans vs $1,856.04 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $16.01 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $16.01 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $16.01 ↓ -57%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $24.02 ↓ -35%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $25.62 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $25.62 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $25.62 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $25.62 ↓ -31%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $25.72 ↓ -30%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $25.72 ↓ -30%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $28.72 ↓ -22%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $30.21 ↓ -18%
Univera Univera Medicare $30.25 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $30.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $30.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $30.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $30.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $30.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $30.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $30.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $30.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $30.38 ↓ -18%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $30.38 ↓ -18%
Univera Univera Commercial $33.28 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $33.49 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $35.37 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $35.37 ↓ -4%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $54.45 ↑ +47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $54.45 ↑ +47%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $68.46 ↑ +85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $75.20 ↑ +103%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $75.20 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $889.35 ↑ +2306%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $889.35 ↑ +2306%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $899.02 ↑ +2332%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $966.69 ↑ +2516%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $966.69 ↑ +2516%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $966.69 ↑ +2516%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $995.69 ↑ +2594%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,005.35 ↑ +2620%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,005.35 ↑ +2620%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,005.35 ↑ +2620%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,005.35 ↑ +2620%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $1,015.02 ↑ +2646%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,024.69 ↑ +2672%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,034.35 ↑ +2699%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,044.02 ↑ +2725%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,053.69 ↑ +2751%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,408.08 ↑ +3710%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $1,856.04 ↑ +4922%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Harlem Hospital Center New York $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $83.40 $12.02 – $2,503.13
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $966.69 $1.00 – $1,508.58

All New-york hospitals for this procedure →