Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$9.68

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.

$44.00

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.

$3.31 with Univera vs $30.31 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
Univera Univera Medicare $3.31 ↓ -66%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $9.65 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $9.65 ↓ -0%
Univera Univera Commercial $9.80 ↑ +1%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $10.50 ↑ +8%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $10.50 ↑ +8%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $13.44 ↑ +39%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $13.44 ↑ +39%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $13.59 ↑ +40%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $14.16 ↑ +46%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $14.61 ↑ +51%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $14.61 ↑ +51%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $14.61 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $15.05 ↑ +55%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $15.05 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $15.09 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $15.12 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $15.12 ↑ +56%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $15.12 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $15.19 ↑ +57%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $15.19 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $15.19 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $15.19 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $15.34 ↑ +58%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $15.34 ↑ +58%
Humana Humana Commercial $15.49 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $15.63 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $15.78 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $15.90 ↑ +64%
Molina Molina Ohio $15.92 ↑ +64%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $22.68 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $24.19 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $24.19 ↑ +150%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $24.19 ↑ +150%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $24.19 ↑ +150%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $28.05 ↑ +190%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $30.31 ↑ +213%

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