Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) 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

$19.58

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$89.00

Gross charge

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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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$25.96 with Univera vs $912.98 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

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

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 $25.96 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $25.96 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $27.68 ↑ +41%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $29.76 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $30.65 ↑ +57%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $31.55 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $31.55 ↑ +61%
Univera Univera Medicare $32.06 ↑ +64%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $32.74 ↑ +67%
Univera Univera Commercial $34.13 ↑ +74%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $34.85 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $36.86 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $36.86 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $36.86 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $36.86 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $36.86 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $36.86 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $36.86 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $36.86 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $36.86 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $36.86 ↑ +88%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $50.94 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $62.00 ↑ +217%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $65.37 ↑ +234%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $65.37 ↑ +234%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $379.34 ↑ +1837%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $379.34 ↑ +1837%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $437.47 ↑ +2134%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $437.47 ↑ +2134%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $442.22 ↑ +2159%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $475.51 ↑ +2329%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $494.53 ↑ +2426%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $494.53 ↑ +2426%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $494.53 ↑ +2426%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $499.29 ↑ +2450%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $499.29 ↑ +2450%
Humana Humana Commercial $504.04 ↑ +2474%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $508.80 ↑ +2499%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $513.55 ↑ +2523%
Molina Molina Ohio $518.31 ↑ +2547%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $692.63 ↑ +3437%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $912.98 ↑ +4563%

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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $475.51 $30.00 – $748.54
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $475.51 $30.00 – $748.54
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $475.51 $35.65 – $748.54
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $475.51 $35.65 – $748.54
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $475.51 $30.00 – $748.54
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $475.51 $30.00 – $748.54
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $475.51 $35.65 – $748.54
North Central Bronx Bronx $475.51 $35.65 – $748.54

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