Ghs change cysto/gastrost 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

$497.64

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.

$638.00

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.

$30.03 with Univera vs $552.59 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 $30.03 ↓ -94%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $30.03 ↓ -94%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $32.60 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $32.66 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $32.66 ↓ -93%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $35.05 ↓ -93%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $36.10 ↓ -93%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $37.15 ↓ -93%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $37.15 ↓ -93%
Univera Univera Medicare $37.69 ↓ -92%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $38.56 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $39.56 ↓ -92%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $41.05 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $41.84 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $41.84 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $41.84 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $41.84 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $41.84 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $41.84 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $41.84 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $41.84 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $41.84 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $41.84 ↓ -92%
Univera Univera Commercial $44.16 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $45.10 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $45.10 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $45.10 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $45.10 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $45.10 ↓ -91%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $46.65 ↓ -91%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $47.58 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $49.76 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $51.32 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $51.32 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $59.48 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $70.40 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $74.22 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $74.22 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $264.78 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $264.78 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $267.66 ↓ -46%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $287.80 ↓ -42%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $299.32 ↓ -40%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $299.32 ↓ -40%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $299.32 ↓ -40%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $302.20 ↓ -39%
Humana Humana Commercial $305.07 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $307.95 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $310.83 ↓ -38%
Molina Molina Ohio $313.71 ↓ -37%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $419.22 ↓ -16%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $552.59 ↑ +11%

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Ghs change cysto/gastrost at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $287.81 $25.30 – $781.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $287.81 $25.30 – $781.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $287.81 $43.65 – $781.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $287.81 $43.65 – $781.00
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $348.60 $30.90 – $749.45
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $287.81 $25.30 – $781.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $287.81 $25.30 – $781.00
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $287.81 $43.65 – $781.00

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