Echo guide villus sampling 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

$19.58

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.

$89.00

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.

$26.15 with Univera vs $77.95 with Amerihealth — 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 $26.15 ↑ +34%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $26.15 ↑ +34%
Univera Univera Medicare $30.76 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $32.39 ↑ +65%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $32.39 ↑ +65%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $35.89 ↑ +83%
Univera Univera Commercial $37.22 ↑ +90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $37.97 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $37.97 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $37.97 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $37.97 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $37.97 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $37.97 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $37.97 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $37.97 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $37.97 ↑ +94%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $37.97 ↑ +94%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $40.72 ↑ +108%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $44.73 ↑ +128%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $44.73 ↑ +128%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $44.73 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $44.73 ↑ +128%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $44.73 ↑ +128%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $50.52 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $60.16 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $63.43 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $63.43 ↑ +224%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $70.86 ↑ +262%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $72.28 ↑ +269%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $75.58 ↑ +286%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $77.95 ↑ +298%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $77.95 ↑ +298%

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Echo guide villus sampling at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Cortlandt Manor $953.00 $276.41 – $777.83
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $624.00 $113.98 – $757.42
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $1,703.00 $113.98 – $785.36
Rochester General Hospital Rochester $113.11 not published
The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester $139.21 not published
Newark Wayne Community Hospital Newark $113.11 not published
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $1.00 – $1,193.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $1.00 – $1,193.00

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