Convert nephrostomy catheter 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

$4,793.88

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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$6,146.00

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.

$152.25 with Univera vs $4,654.32 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 $152.25 ↓ -97%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $152.25 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $163.30 ↓ -97%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $175.59 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $178.21 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $178.21 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $180.86 ↓ -96%
Univera Univera Medicare $185.69 ↓ -96%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $186.13 ↓ -96%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $186.13 ↓ -96%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $193.15 ↓ -96%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $224.03 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $232.89 ↓ -95%
Univera Univera Commercial $241.81 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $246.09 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $246.09 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $246.09 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $246.09 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $246.09 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $246.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $246.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $246.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $246.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $246.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $246.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $246.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $246.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $246.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $246.36 ↓ -95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $254.58 ↓ -95%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $259.67 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $280.04 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $280.04 ↓ -94%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $297.93 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $355.24 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $374.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $374.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↓ -74%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $2,230.19 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $2,230.19 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $2,254.44 ↓ -53%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $2,424.12 ↓ -49%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $2,521.09 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $2,521.09 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $2,521.09 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $2,545.33 ↓ -47%
Humana Humana Commercial $2,569.57 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $2,593.81 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $2,618.05 ↓ -45%
Molina Molina Ohio $2,642.30 ↓ -45%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $3,530.98 ↓ -26%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $4,654.32 ↓ -3%

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Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $2,424.12 $138.49 – $5,218.78
Harlem Hospital Center New York $2,424.12 $205.52 – $5,218.78
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