Esophageal dilat s&i 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

$16.50

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.

$75.00

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.

$21.95 with Univera vs $135.91 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 $21.95 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $21.95 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Medicare $25.83 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $27.32 ↑ +66%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $27.32 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $30.55 ↑ +85%
Univera Univera Commercial $31.25 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $32.32 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $32.32 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $32.32 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $32.32 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $32.32 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $32.32 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $32.32 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $32.32 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $32.32 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $32.32 ↑ +96%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $34.35 ↑ +108%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $37.73 ↑ +129%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $37.73 ↑ +129%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $37.73 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $37.73 ↑ +129%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $37.73 ↑ +129%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $42.87 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $51.12 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $53.90 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $53.90 ↑ +227%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $123.56 ↑ +649%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $126.03 ↑ +664%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $131.79 ↑ +699%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $135.91 ↑ +724%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $135.91 ↑ +724%

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Esophageal dilat s&i at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $246.00 $150.55 – $1,557.53
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $1,079.00 $161.00 – $1,625.03
Rochester General Hospital Rochester $101.98 not published
The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester $237.33 not published
Newark Wayne Community Hospital Newark $101.98 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
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $1.00 – $1,193.00

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