Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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.

$2.18 with Highmark vs $6.21 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
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $2.18 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $2.83 —
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $2.83 —
Cigna Cigna Commercial $2.89 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $2.89 —
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $2.89 —
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $2.92 —
Univera Univera Essential Plan $3.00 —
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3.00 —
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3.00 —
Univera Univera Medicare $3.00 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $3.00 —
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3.00 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $3.00 —
Univera Univera Healthy New York $3.00 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $3.08 —
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3.08 —
Univera Univera Commercial $3.11 —
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3.11 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $3.14 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $3.14 —
Humana Humana Commercial $3.17 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3.20 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3.23 —
Molina Molina Ohio $3.26 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3.27 —
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3.27 —
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3.27 —
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $3.64 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $3.64 —
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $3.64 —
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $3.64 —
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $3.64 —
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $3.64 —
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $3.64 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $3.64 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $3.64 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $3.64 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $3.88 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $4.10 —
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $4.24 —
Aetna Aetna Commercial $5.75 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6.21 —

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $2,383.80 $2.93 – $446.32
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Cortlandt Manor $296.89 $2.85 – $466.75
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $296.89 $2.85 – $467.04
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $296.89 $2.85 – $376.78

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