Excl laa thrscp any method 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

$506.88

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.

$2,304.00

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.

$59.16 with Univera vs $1,633.46 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 Healthy New York $59.16 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $59.16 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Medicare $83.15 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $92.57 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $782.16 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $782.16 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $927.11 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $980.72 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $980.72 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $980.72 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $980.72 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $980.72 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $980.72 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $980.72 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $980.72 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $980.72 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $980.72 ↑ +93%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,303.78 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,549.34 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,633.46 ↑ +222%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,633.46 ↑ +222%

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Excl laa thrscp any method at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $578.18 – $1,351.58
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $938.60 – $1,351.58
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $578.18 – $1,403.42
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $974.60 – $1,403.42
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $974.60 – $1,403.42
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $578.18 – $1,329.87
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $578.18 – $1,403.42
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $974.60 – $1,403.42

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