Exploration of middle ear at WESTFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
189 EAST MAIN STREET, WESTFIELD, NY · Ahn · · NPI 1942236427
$419.76
Cash price 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.
$1,908.00
Gross charge 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.
$39.64 with Univera vs $7,368.42 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Univera | Univera Essential Plan | $39.64 | ↓ -91% |
| Univera | Univera Healthy New York | $39.64 | ↓ -91% |
| Univera | Univera Medicare | $48.31 | ↓ -88% |
| Univera | Univera Commercial | $51.83 | ↓ -88% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare | $440.48 | ↑ +5% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) | $440.48 | ↑ +5% |
| Pennsylvania Health and Wellness | PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC | $553.74 | ↑ +32% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger CHIP | $608.28 | ↑ +45% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid | $608.28 | ↑ +45% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid | $608.28 | ↑ +45% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger Medicaid HC | $608.28 | ↑ +45% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicaid | $608.28 | ↑ +45% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue | $743.83 | ↑ +77% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Blue Access | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Direct Blue | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Managed Care | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Indemnity | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark | Highmark Blue High Performance | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark | Highmark Connect Blue | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark | Highmark Indemnity | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Highmark | Highmark Managed Care | $786.84 | ↑ +87% |
| Cigna | Cigna Commercial | $1,096.41 | ↑ +161% |
| Pennsylvania Health and Wellness | Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC | $1,155.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Jefferson Health Plans | Jefferson Health Plans | $1,178.10 | ↑ +181% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial | $1,224.06 | ↑ +192% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare CHIP | $1,232.00 | ↑ +194% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicaid CHC | $1,270.50 | ↑ +203% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicaid HC | $1,270.50 | ↑ +203% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid | $1,290.52 | ↑ +207% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Commercial | $1,290.52 | ↑ +207% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO | $3,530.70 | ↑ +741% |
| Highmark | Highmark Complete Blue Medicare | $3,530.70 | ↑ +741% |
| Highmark | Highmark Freedom Blue | $3,569.08 | ↑ +750% |
| American Health Plans | American Health Plans Medicare | $3,837.72 | ↑ +814% |
| Life Pittsburgh | Life Pittsburgh Medicare | $3,837.72 | ↑ +814% |
| Martin's Point | Martin's Point | $3,837.72 | ↑ +814% |
| Devoted Medicare | Devoted Health Medicare Advantage | $3,952.85 | ↑ +842% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue Medicare | $3,991.23 | ↑ +851% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO | $3,991.23 | ↑ +851% |
| Highmark | Highmark Security Blue | $3,991.23 | ↑ +851% |
| Aetna | Aetna Medicare | $3,991.23 | ↑ +851% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicare New York | $4,029.61 | ↑ +860% |
| Humana | Humana Commercial | $4,067.98 | ↑ +869% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP | $4,106.36 | ↑ +878% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP | $4,144.74 | ↑ +887% |
| Molina | Molina Ohio | $4,183.11 | ↑ +897% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced | $5,590.02 | ↑ +1232% |
| Aetna | Aetna Commercial | $7,368.42 | ↑ +1655% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $3,837.72 | $0.01 – $6,207.95 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $3,837.72 | $0.01 – $6,207.95 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $3,837.72 | $0.01 – $4,676.66 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $3,837.72 | $0.01 – $4,676.66 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $3,837.72 | $0.01 – $6,207.95 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $3,837.72 | $0.01 – $6,207.95 |
| South Brooklyn Health | Brooklyn | $3,837.72 | $0.01 – $4,676.66 |
| North Central Bronx | Bronx | $3,837.72 | $0.01 – $6,207.95 |