Incision of iris 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

$235.18

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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$1,069.00

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.

$32.03 with Univera vs $5,181.94 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 Essential Plan $32.03 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $32.03 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Medicare $40.13 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $53.54 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $198.45 ↓ -16%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $198.45 ↓ -16%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $249.48 ↑ +6%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $274.05 ↑ +17%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $274.05 ↑ +17%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $274.05 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $274.05 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $274.05 ↑ +17%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $283.50 ↑ +21%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $289.17 ↑ +23%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $311.85 ↑ +33%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $311.85 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $496.17 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $524.85 ↑ +123%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $524.85 ↑ +123%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $524.85 ↑ +123%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $524.85 ↑ +123%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $524.85 ↑ +123%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $524.85 ↑ +123%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $524.85 ↑ +123%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $524.85 ↑ +123%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $524.85 ↑ +123%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $524.85 ↑ +123%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $615.31 ↑ +162%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $660.70 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $696.57 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $696.57 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +428%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $2,483.01 ↑ +956%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $2,483.01 ↑ +956%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $2,510.00 ↑ +967%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $2,698.92 ↑ +1048%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $2,698.92 ↑ +1048%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $2,698.92 ↑ +1048%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $2,779.89 ↑ +1082%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $2,806.88 ↑ +1094%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $2,806.88 ↑ +1094%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $2,806.88 ↑ +1094%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $2,806.88 ↑ +1094%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $2,833.87 ↑ +1105%
Humana Humana Commercial $2,860.86 ↑ +1116%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $2,887.85 ↑ +1128%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $2,914.84 ↑ +1139%
Molina Molina Ohio $2,941.83 ↑ +1151%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $3,931.25 ↑ +1572%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $5,181.94 ↑ +2103%

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Incision of iris at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $2,698.92 $187.96 – $5,761.64
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