Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$49.92

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.

$64.00

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.

$2.61 with Amerihealth vs $19.58 with Highmark — 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $2.61 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $2.61 ↓ -95%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $2.61 ↓ -95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $3.92 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $4.18 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $4.18 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $4.18 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $4.18 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $6.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $6.23 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $8.02 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $8.02 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $8.58 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $8.68 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $8.68 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $8.78 ↓ -82%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $9.13 ↓ -82%
Univera Univera Medicare $9.44 ↓ -81%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $9.44 ↓ -81%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $9.44 ↓ -81%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $9.44 ↓ -81%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $9.72 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $9.72 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $9.75 ↓ -80%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $9.82 ↓ -80%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $9.82 ↓ -80%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $9.82 ↓ -80%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $9.82 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $9.91 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $9.91 ↓ -80%
Humana Humana Commercial $10.01 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $10.10 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $10.20 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $10.27 ↓ -79%
Molina Molina Ohio $10.29 ↓ -79%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $18.12 ↓ -64%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $19.58 ↓ -61%

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Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $9.44 $1.00 – $23.41
Harlem Hospital Center New York $9.44 $1.00 – $23.41
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $9.44 $1.00 – $23.41
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $9.44 $1.00 – $23.41
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $9.44 $1.00 – $23.41
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $22.80 $2.61 – $34.20
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $9.44 $1.00 – $23.41
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $9.44 $1.00 – $23.41

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