Drop lock retainer each 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.

$18.48 with United Healthcare vs $74.37 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
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $18.48 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $19.44 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $19.44 —
Univera Univera Commercial $25.27 —
Univera Univera Healthy New York $25.27 —
Univera Univera Essential Plan $25.27 —
Univera Univera Medicare $25.27 —
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $26.05 —
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $29.58 —
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $29.58 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $29.58 —
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $29.58 —
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $29.58 —
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $29.58 —
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $29.58 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $29.58 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $29.58 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $29.58 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $32.54 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $32.54 —
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $32.98 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $32.98 —
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $33.34 —
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $35.85 —
Martin's Point Martin's Point $35.85 —
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $35.85 —
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $36.93 —
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $37.28 —
Aetna Aetna Medicare $37.28 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $37.28 —
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $37.28 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $37.64 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $37.64 —
Humana Humana Commercial $38.00 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $38.36 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $38.72 —
Molina Molina Ohio $39.08 —
Aetna Aetna Commercial $68.83 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $74.37 —

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Drop lock retainer each at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $23.79 – $48.42
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $26.26 – $48.42
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $26.26 – $48.42
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $26.26 – $48.42
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $26.26 – $48.42
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $26.26 – $48.42
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $26.26 – $48.42
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $26.26 – $48.42

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