Cytopath c/v automated 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

$33.44

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.

$152.00

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.

$7.04 with Univera vs $104.89 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 $7.04 ↓ -79%
Univera Univera Commercial $10.29 ↓ -69%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $11.03 ↓ -67%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $11.03 ↓ -67%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $33.37 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $46.52 ↑ +39%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $46.52 ↑ +39%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $47.02 ↑ +41%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $48.47 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $49.34 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $49.34 ↑ +48%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $50.56 ↑ +51%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $50.56 ↑ +51%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $50.56 ↑ +51%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $52.08 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $52.08 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $52.58 ↑ +57%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $52.58 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $52.58 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $52.58 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $53.09 ↑ +59%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $53.09 ↑ +59%
Humana Humana Commercial $53.59 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $54.10 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $54.60 ↑ +63%
Molina Molina Ohio $55.11 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $67.65 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $71.44 ↑ +114%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $97.08 ↑ +190%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $104.89 ↑ +214%

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