Excision addl breast lesion 19126 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

$98.34

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$447.00

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.

$127.77 with Univera vs $314.91 with United Healthcare — 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 $127.77 ↑ +30%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $127.77 ↑ +30%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $149.24 ↑ +52%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $149.24 ↑ +52%
Univera Univera Medicare $155.13 ↑ +58%
Univera Univera Commercial $168.55 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $181.70 ↑ +85%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $187.61 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $192.20 ↑ +95%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $192.20 ↑ +95%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $192.20 ↑ +95%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $192.20 ↑ +95%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $192.20 ↑ +95%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $192.20 ↑ +95%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $192.20 ↑ +95%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $192.20 ↑ +95%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $192.20 ↑ +95%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $192.20 ↑ +95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $206.09 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $206.09 ↑ +110%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $206.09 ↑ +110%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $206.09 ↑ +110%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $206.09 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $227.41 ↑ +131%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $254.41 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $298.69 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $314.91 ↑ +220%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $314.91 ↑ +220%

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Excision addl breast lesion 19126 at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester $2,204.86 not published
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $90.64 – $262.25
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $90.64 – $272.59
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $189.30 – $272.59
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $189.30 – $272.59
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $90.64 – $257.27
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $90.64 – $272.59
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $189.30 – $272.59

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