Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed 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

$7,365.54

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.

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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$9,443.00

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.

$68.39 with Univera vs $7,151.28 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 Healthy New York $68.39 ↓ -99%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $68.39 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $72.97 ↓ -99%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $78.46 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $80.81 ↓ -99%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $83.17 ↓ -99%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $83.17 ↓ -99%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $86.31 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $93.85 ↓ -99%
Univera Univera Medicare $96.13 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $99.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $99.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $99.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $99.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $99.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $99.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $99.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $99.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $99.28 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $99.28 ↓ -99%
Univera Univera Commercial $107.02 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $123.73 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $123.73 ↓ -98%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $133.92 ↓ -98%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $155.55 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $157.07 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $165.60 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $165.60 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $170.87 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $170.87 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $170.87 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $170.87 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $170.87 ↓ -98%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $176.76 ↓ -98%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $180.30 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $194.44 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $194.44 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,426.66 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,426.66 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,463.90 ↓ -53%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3,724.63 ↓ -49%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,873.61 ↓ -47%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,873.61 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,873.61 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $3,910.86 ↓ -47%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,948.10 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,985.35 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4,022.60 ↓ -45%
Molina Molina Ohio $4,059.84 ↓ -45%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $5,425.29 ↓ -26%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $7,151.28 ↓ -3%

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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $3,724.63 $86.05 – $5,912.15
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $3,724.63 $86.05 – $5,912.15
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $3,724.63 $91.90 – $4,453.82
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $3,724.63 $91.90 – $4,453.82
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $698.40 $147.30 – $3,961.05
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $3,724.63 $86.05 – $5,912.15
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $3,724.63 $86.05 – $5,912.15
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $3,724.63 $91.90 – $4,453.82

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