Contrast x-ray of elbow 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

$1,148.94

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$1,473.00

Gross charge

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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.

$19.95 with Amerihealth vs $811.42 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

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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $19.95 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $19.95 ↓ -98%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $21.00 ↓ -98%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $21.00 ↓ -98%
Univera Univera Medicare $24.71 ↓ -98%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $25.08 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $27.55 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $27.55 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $27.55 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $27.55 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $27.55 ↓ -98%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $29.02 ↓ -97%
Univera Univera Commercial $29.90 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $30.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $30.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $30.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $30.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $30.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $30.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $30.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $30.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $30.70 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $30.70 ↓ -97%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $40.84 ↓ -96%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $41.25 ↓ -96%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $42.08 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $44.00 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $45.38 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $45.38 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $52.96 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $55.84 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $55.84 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $388.80 ↓ -66%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $388.80 ↓ -66%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $393.03 ↓ -66%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $422.61 ↓ -63%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $422.61 ↓ -63%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $422.61 ↓ -63%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $435.29 ↓ -62%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $439.52 ↓ -62%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $439.52 ↓ -62%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $439.52 ↓ -62%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $439.52 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $443.74 ↓ -61%
Humana Humana Commercial $447.97 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $452.20 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $456.42 ↓ -60%
Molina Molina Ohio $460.65 ↓ -60%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $615.58 ↓ -46%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $811.42 ↓ -29%

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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $422.61 $1.00 – $653.24
Harlem Hospital Center New York $422.61 $1.00 – $653.24
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $422.61 $1.00 – $653.24
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $422.61 $1.00 – $653.24
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $422.61 $1.00 – $653.24
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $660.00 $118.77 – $1,094.32
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $422.61 $1.00 – $653.24
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $422.61 $1.00 – $653.24

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