Decompress forearm 1 space 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

$799.70

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.

$3,635.00

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.

$3.00 with Amerihealth vs $7,371.92 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $3.00 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $3.00 ↓ -100%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $106.49 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $106.49 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $139.46 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $156.61 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $546.00 ↓ -32%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $546.00 ↓ -32%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $686.40 ↓ -14%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $754.00 ↓ -6%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $754.00 ↓ -6%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $754.00 ↓ -6%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $754.00 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $754.00 ↓ -6%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $780.00 ↓ -2%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $795.60 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $1,374.40 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $1,453.87 ↑ +82%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $2,068.33 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $2,165.91 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $2,283.50 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $2,283.50 ↑ +186%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,532.38 ↑ +342%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,532.38 ↑ +342%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,570.77 ↑ +347%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,839.54 ↑ +380%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,839.54 ↑ +380%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3,839.54 ↑ +380%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,954.73 ↑ +395%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,993.12 ↑ +399%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,993.12 ↑ +399%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,993.12 ↑ +399%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,993.12 ↑ +399%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $4,031.52 ↑ +404%
Humana Humana Commercial $4,069.91 ↑ +409%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4,108.31 ↑ +414%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4,146.71 ↑ +419%
Molina Molina Ohio $4,185.10 ↑ +423%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $5,592.68 ↑ +599%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $7,371.92 ↑ +822%

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Decompress forearm 1 space at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $3,839.54 $0.01 – $6,126.58
Harlem Hospital Center New York $3,839.54 $0.01 – $4,615.36
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $3,839.54 $0.01 – $6,126.58
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $3,839.54 $0.01 – $4,615.36
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $3,839.54 $0.01 – $4,615.36
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $3,839.54 $0.01 – $6,126.58
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $3,839.54 $0.01 – $6,126.58
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $3,839.54 $0.01 – $4,615.36

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