Decompres spinal cord;thoracic 63055 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

$1,011.78

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.

$4,599.00

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.

$143.72 with Univera vs $16,230.92 with Aetna — 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 Essential Plan $143.72 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $143.72 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Medicare $188.79 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $210.00 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $210.00 ↓ -79%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $264.00 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $290.00 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $290.00 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $290.00 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $290.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $290.00 ↓ -71%
Univera Univera Commercial $297.59 ↓ -71%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +15%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +23%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +27%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +27%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $1,715.57 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $1,814.77 ↑ +79%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $2,606.38 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $2,978.94 ↑ +194%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $3,140.67 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $3,140.67 ↑ +210%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $7,777.32 ↑ +669%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $7,777.32 ↑ +669%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $7,861.85 ↑ +677%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $8,453.60 ↑ +736%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $8,453.60 ↑ +736%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $8,453.60 ↑ +736%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $8,707.21 ↑ +761%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $8,791.75 ↑ +769%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $8,791.75 ↑ +769%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $8,791.75 ↑ +769%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $8,791.75 ↑ +769%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $8,876.28 ↑ +777%
Humana Humana Commercial $8,960.82 ↑ +786%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $9,045.36 ↑ +794%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $9,129.89 ↑ +802%
Molina Molina Ohio $9,214.43 ↑ +811%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $12,313.52 ↑ +1117%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $16,230.92 ↑ +1504%

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Decompres spinal cord;thoracic 63055 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $8,453.60 $920.80 – $18,115.63
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Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $8,453.60 $1,704.00 – $18,115.63
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $8,453.60 $920.80 – $18,115.63
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $8,453.60 $920.80 – $18,115.63
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $8,453.60 $1,704.00 – $18,115.63

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