Drain to peritoneal cavity 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

$477.40

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.

$2,170.00

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.

$55.86 with Univera vs $1,497.78 with United Healthcare — 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 $55.86 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $55.86 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Medicare $70.11 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera Commercial $82.15 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $742.80 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $742.80 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $826.06 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $873.82 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $873.82 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $873.82 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $873.82 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $873.82 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $873.82 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $873.82 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $873.82 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $873.82 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $873.82 ↑ +83%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,228.26 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,420.64 ↑ +198%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,497.78 ↑ +214%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,497.78 ↑ +214%

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Drain to peritoneal cavity at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $412.26 – $1,280.03
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $823.00 – $1,280.03
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $412.26 – $1,329.62
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $823.00 – $1,329.62
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $823.00 – $1,329.62
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $412.26 – $1,262.72
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $412.26 – $1,329.62
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $823.00 – $1,329.62

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