Esophagoscopy flex dx brush 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

$50.38

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.

$229.00

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.

$66.24 with Univera vs $2,130.18 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 $66.24 ↑ +31%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $66.24 ↑ +31%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $68.14 ↑ +35%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $68.14 ↑ +35%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $71.10 ↑ +41%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $76.45 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $78.74 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $81.04 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $81.04 ↑ +61%
Univera Univera Medicare $83.13 ↑ +65%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $84.10 ↑ +67%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $85.67 ↑ +70%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $94.11 ↑ +87%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $94.11 ↑ +87%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $94.11 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $94.11 ↑ +87%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $94.11 ↑ +87%
Univera Univera Commercial $97.41 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $98.67 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $104.38 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $104.38 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $104.38 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $104.38 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $104.38 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $104.38 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $104.38 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $104.38 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $104.38 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $104.38 ↑ +107%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $130.24 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $153.10 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $161.41 ↑ +220%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $161.41 ↑ +220%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,020.71 ↑ +1926%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,020.71 ↑ +1926%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,031.81 ↑ +1948%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,109.47 ↑ +2102%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,153.85 ↑ +2190%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,153.85 ↑ +2190%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,153.85 ↑ +2190%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +2210%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $1,164.94 ↑ +2212%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,176.04 ↑ +2234%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,187.13 ↑ +2256%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +2257%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,198.23 ↑ +2278%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,209.32 ↑ +2300%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +2364%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +2441%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +2441%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,616.06 ↑ +3108%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $2,130.18 ↑ +4128%

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Esophagoscopy flex dx brush at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $1,109.47 $52.45 – $1,698.26
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $1,109.47 $52.45 – $1,698.26
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $1,109.47 $93.75 – $1,386.84
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $1,109.47 $93.75 – $1,386.84
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $1,109.47 $52.45 – $1,698.26
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $1,109.47 $52.45 – $1,698.26
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $1,109.47 $93.75 – $1,386.84
North Central Bronx Bronx $1,109.47 $93.75 – $1,698.26

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