Excision of rectal stricture 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

$263.56

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$1,198.00

Gross charge

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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.

$30.98 with Univera vs $2,678.93 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 $30.98 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $30.98 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Medicare $38.88 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera Commercial $45.56 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $336.57 ↑ +28%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $336.57 ↑ +28%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $423.11 ↑ +61%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $457.93 ↑ +74%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $464.78 ↑ +76%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $464.78 ↑ +76%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $464.78 ↑ +76%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $464.78 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $464.78 ↑ +76%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $484.41 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $484.41 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $484.41 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $484.41 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $484.41 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $484.41 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $484.41 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $484.41 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $484.41 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $484.41 ↑ +84%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $677.22 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $767.74 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $809.42 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $809.42 ↑ +207%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +342%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +350%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +371%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +386%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +386%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,283.65 ↑ +387%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,283.65 ↑ +387%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,297.61 ↑ +392%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,395.28 ↑ +429%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,395.28 ↑ +429%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,395.28 ↑ +429%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,437.13 ↑ +445%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,451.09 ↑ +451%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,451.09 ↑ +451%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,451.09 ↑ +451%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,451.09 ↑ +451%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $1,465.04 ↑ +456%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,478.99 ↑ +461%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,492.95 ↑ +466%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,506.90 ↑ +472%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,520.85 ↑ +477%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $2,032.36 ↑ +671%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $2,678.93 ↑ +916%

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Excision of rectal stricture at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $1,395.28 $211.03 – $2,987.50
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $1,395.28 $211.03 – $2,987.50
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $1,395.28 $511.23 – $2,987.50
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $1,395.28 $511.23 – $2,987.50
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $1,395.28 $211.03 – $2,987.50
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $1,395.28 $211.03 – $2,987.50
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $1,395.28 $511.23 – $2,987.50
North Central Bronx Bronx $1,395.28 $511.23 – $2,987.50

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