Excise parotid gland/lesion 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

$389.84

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.

$1,772.00

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.

$46.44 with Univera vs $13,440.68 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 Essential Plan $46.44 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $46.44 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Medicare $58.29 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera Commercial $68.29 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $81.90 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $81.90 ↓ -79%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $102.96 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $113.10 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $113.10 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $113.10 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $113.10 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $113.10 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $676.70 ↑ +74%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $715.83 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $715.83 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $715.83 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $715.83 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $715.83 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $715.83 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $715.83 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $715.83 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $715.83 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $715.83 ↑ +84%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,007.64 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,134.60 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,196.21 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,196.21 ↑ +207%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $2,008.50 ↑ +415%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $2,048.67 ↑ +426%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $2,142.40 ↑ +450%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $2,209.35 ↑ +467%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $2,209.35 ↑ +467%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $6,440.33 ↑ +1552%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $6,440.33 ↑ +1552%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $6,510.33 ↑ +1570%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $7,000.36 ↑ +1696%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $7,000.36 ↑ +1696%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $7,000.36 ↑ +1696%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,210.37 ↑ +1750%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $7,280.37 ↑ +1768%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $7,280.37 ↑ +1768%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $7,280.37 ↑ +1768%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $7,280.37 ↑ +1768%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $7,350.37 ↑ +1785%
Humana Humana Commercial $7,420.38 ↑ +1803%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $7,490.38 ↑ +1821%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $7,560.38 ↑ +1839%
Molina Molina Ohio $7,630.39 ↑ +1857%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $10,196.72 ↑ +2516%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $13,440.68 ↑ +3348%

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Excise parotid gland/lesion at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $7,000.36 $0.01 – $11,084.44
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $7,000.36 $0.01 – $11,084.44
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $7,000.36 $0.01 – $8,350.28
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $7,000.36 $0.01 – $8,350.28
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $7,000.36 $0.01 – $11,084.44
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $7,000.36 $0.01 – $11,084.44
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $7,000.36 $0.01 – $8,350.28
North Central Bronx Bronx $7,000.36 $0.01 – $11,084.44

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