Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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

$50.60

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.

$230.00

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.

$23.69 with Highmark vs $121.93 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
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $23.69 ↓ -53%
Univera Univera Medicare $29.70 ↓ -41%
Univera Univera Commercial $29.70 ↓ -41%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $39.38 ↓ -22%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $39.38 ↓ -22%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $40.54 ↓ -20%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $42.73 ↓ -16%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $42.73 ↓ -16%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $43.20 ↓ -15%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $46.45 ↓ -8%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $46.45 ↓ -8%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $46.45 ↓ -8%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $47.84 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $47.84 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $48.30 ↓ -5%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $48.30 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $48.30 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $48.30 ↓ -5%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $48.77 ↓ -4%
Humana Humana Commercial $49.23 ↓ -3%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $49.45 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $49.45 ↓ -2%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $49.50 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $49.70 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $50.16 ↓ -1%
Molina Molina Ohio $50.63 ↑ +0%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $54.38 ↑ +7%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $54.38 ↑ +7%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $54.38 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $54.38 ↑ +7%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $54.38 ↑ +7%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $56.75 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $60.00 ↑ +19%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $67.38 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $67.38 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $67.65 ↑ +34%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $67.65 ↑ +34%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $71.31 ↑ +41%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $72.96 ↑ +44%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $77.02 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $77.02 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $77.02 ↑ +52%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $80.83 ↑ +60%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $81.28 ↑ +61%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $89.18 ↑ +76%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $96.55 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $115.46 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $121.93 ↑ +141%

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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $46.45 $1.00 – $110.23
Harlem Hospital Center New York $46.45 $1.00 – $88.19
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $46.45 $1.00 – $110.23
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $46.45 $1.00 – $89.59
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $46.45 $1.00 – $89.59
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $46.45 $1.00 – $110.23
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $46.45 $1.00 – $110.23
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $46.45 $1.00 – $89.59

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