Cover eye w/membrane suture 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

$64.02

Cash price

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$291.00

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.

$90.21 with Highmark vs $8,567.91 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
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $90.21 ↑ +41%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $95.38 ↑ +49%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $95.38 ↑ +49%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $97.00 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $99.91 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $102.82 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $102.82 ↑ +61%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $106.70 ↑ +67%
Univera Univera Medicare $119.52 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $146.87 ↑ +129%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $155.36 ↑ +143%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $155.36 ↑ +143%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $155.36 ↑ +143%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $155.36 ↑ +143%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $155.36 ↑ +143%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $155.36 ↑ +143%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $155.36 ↑ +143%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $155.36 ↑ +143%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $155.36 ↑ +143%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $155.36 ↑ +143%
Univera Univera Commercial $159.45 ↑ +149%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $184.60 ↑ +188%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $240.75 ↑ +276%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $240.75 ↑ +276%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $271.17 ↑ +324%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $285.89 ↑ +347%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $285.89 ↑ +347%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $302.66 ↑ +373%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $332.47 ↑ +419%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $332.47 ↑ +419%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $332.47 ↑ +419%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $332.47 ↑ +419%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $332.47 ↑ +419%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +1718%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +1755%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +1839%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +1900%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +1900%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $4,105.45 ↑ +6313%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $4,105.45 ↑ +6313%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $4,150.08 ↑ +6382%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $4,462.45 ↑ +6870%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $4,640.95 ↑ +7149%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $4,640.95 ↑ +7149%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $4,640.95 ↑ +7149%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $4,685.57 ↑ +7219%
Humana Humana Commercial $4,730.20 ↑ +7289%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4,774.82 ↑ +7358%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4,819.45 ↑ +7428%
Molina Molina Ohio $4,864.07 ↑ +7498%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,500.01 ↑ +10053%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $8,567.91 ↑ +13283%

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Cover eye w/membrane suture at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $4,462.45 $114.33 – $9,815.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4,462.45 $114.33 – $9,815.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $4,462.45 $116.91 – $9,815.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4,462.45 $116.91 – $9,815.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4,462.45 $116.91 – $9,815.00
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $4,462.45 $114.54 – $9,815.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $4,462.45 $116.91 – $9,815.00
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $4,462.45 $116.91 – $9,815.00

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