Ghs musc test done w/n test comp 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

$27.50

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.

$125.00

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.

$36.50 with Univera vs $88.07 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 Essential Plan $36.50 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $36.50 ↑ +33%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $38.74 ↑ +41%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $38.74 ↑ +41%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $44.09 ↑ +60%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $44.97 ↑ +64%
Univera Univera Medicare $45.85 ↑ +67%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $47.02 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $47.02 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $47.02 ↑ +71%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $47.02 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $47.93 ↑ +74%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $48.49 ↑ +76%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $48.49 ↑ +76%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $48.71 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $50.70 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $50.70 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $50.70 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $50.70 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $50.70 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $50.70 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $50.70 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $50.70 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $50.70 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $50.70 ↑ +84%
Univera Univera Commercial $52.20 ↑ +90%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $53.51 ↑ +95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $53.51 ↑ +95%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $70.62 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $83.54 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $88.07 ↑ +220%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $88.07 ↑ +220%

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Ghs musc test done w/n test comp at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $658.00 $47.00 – $581.69
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $630.00 $47.00 – $571.18
Rochester General Hospital Rochester $308.09 not published
Massena Hospital Massena $442.77 not published
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam $449.09 $27.91 – $54.31
The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester $91.47 not published
Newark Wayne Community Hospital Newark $308.09 $51.72 – $107.77
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $0.01 – $645.00

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