Cygnus matrix, per sq cm 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

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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.

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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.

$122.88 with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center vs $502.39 with United Healthcare — 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
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $122.88 —
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $122.88 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $130.26 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $130.26 —
Univera Univera Essential Plan $130.26 —
Univera Univera Healthy New York $130.26 —
Univera Univera Medicare $130.26 —
Univera Univera Commercial $135.17 —
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $184.31 —
Cigna Cigna Commercial $363.79 —
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $386.38 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $413.97 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $413.97 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $413.97 —
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $413.97 —
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $413.97 —
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $413.97 —
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $413.97 —
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $413.97 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $413.97 —
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $413.97 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $474.75 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $502.39 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $502.39 —

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Cygnus matrix, per sq cm at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $127.14 $111.15 – $432.15
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $127.14 $111.15 – $578.41
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $127.14 $111.15 – $578.41
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $127.14 $111.15 – $578.41
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $111.15 – $578.41
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $111.15 – $578.41
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $111.15 – $578.41
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $111.15 – $578.41

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