Ghs heavy metals bld (ars,lead,merc) 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

$14.96

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.

$68.00

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.

$9.91 with Amerihealth vs $47.65 with Highmark — 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $9.91 ↓ -34%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $9.91 ↓ -34%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $9.91 ↓ -34%
Univera Univera Medicare $10.94 ↓ -27%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $14.87 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $15.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $15.16 ↑ +1%
Univera Univera Commercial $15.44 ↑ +3%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $15.86 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $15.86 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $15.86 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $15.86 ↑ +6%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $16.54 ↑ +11%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $16.54 ↑ +11%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $21.13 ↑ +41%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $21.13 ↑ +41%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $21.36 ↑ +43%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $22.03 ↑ +47%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $22.97 ↑ +54%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $22.97 ↑ +54%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $22.97 ↑ +54%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $23.66 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $23.66 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $23.73 ↑ +59%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $23.89 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $23.89 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $23.89 ↑ +60%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $23.89 ↑ +60%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $24.12 ↑ +61%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $24.12 ↑ +61%
Humana Humana Commercial $24.35 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $24.58 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $24.81 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $24.99 ↑ +67%
Molina Molina Ohio $25.04 ↑ +67%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $44.10 ↑ +195%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $47.65 ↑ +219%

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