Drain thyroid/tongue cyst 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

$98.12

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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$446.00

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.

$12.99 with Univera vs $3,365.54 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 Healthy New York $12.99 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $12.99 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $16.30 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $17.07 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $84.00 ↓ -14%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $84.00 ↓ -14%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $105.60 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $116.00 ↑ +18%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $116.00 ↑ +18%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $116.00 ↑ +18%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $116.00 ↑ +18%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $116.00 ↑ +18%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $120.00 ↑ +22%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $122.40 ↑ +25%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $132.00 ↑ +35%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $132.00 ↑ +35%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $138.27 ↑ +41%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $148.68 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $153.14 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $157.60 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $157.60 ↑ +61%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $163.55 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $170.51 ↑ +74%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $180.37 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $180.37 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $180.37 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $180.37 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $180.37 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $180.37 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $180.37 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $180.37 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $180.37 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $180.37 ↑ +84%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $251.50 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $274.56 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $289.47 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $289.47 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +1165%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,612.66 ↑ +1544%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,612.66 ↑ +1544%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,630.19 ↑ +1561%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,752.89 ↑ +1686%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,823.00 ↑ +1758%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,823.00 ↑ +1758%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,823.00 ↑ +1758%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $1,840.53 ↑ +1776%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,858.06 ↑ +1794%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,875.59 ↑ +1812%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,893.12 ↑ +1829%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,910.65 ↑ +1847%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $2,553.26 ↑ +2502%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $3,365.54 ↑ +3330%

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Drain thyroid/tongue cyst at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $1,752.89 $82.40 – $2,905.23
Harlem Hospital Center New York $1,752.89 $180.91 – $2,188.60
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Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $1,752.89 $82.40 – $2,905.23
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $1,752.89 $82.40 – $2,905.23
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $1,752.89 $186.17 – $2,188.60

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