Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance 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

$61.16

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$278.00

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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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$80.97 with Univera vs $1,573.44 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 $80.97 ↑ +32%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $80.97 ↑ +32%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $85.39 ↑ +40%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $85.39 ↑ +40%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $86.12 ↑ +41%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $92.60 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $95.38 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $98.16 ↑ +60%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $98.16 ↑ +60%
Univera Univera Medicare $98.28 ↑ +61%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $101.86 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $102.83 ↑ +68%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $107.34 ↑ +76%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $108.78 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $108.78 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $108.78 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $108.78 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $108.78 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $108.78 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $108.78 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $108.78 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $108.78 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $108.78 ↑ +78%
Univera Univera Commercial $115.65 ↑ +89%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $117.91 ↑ +93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $117.91 ↑ +93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $117.91 ↑ +93%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $117.91 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $117.91 ↑ +93%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $121.98 ↑ +99%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $124.42 ↑ +103%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $134.18 ↑ +119%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $134.18 ↑ +119%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $157.83 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $182.23 ↑ +198%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $192.13 ↑ +214%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $192.13 ↑ +214%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $753.94 ↑ +1133%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $753.94 ↑ +1133%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $762.14 ↑ +1146%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $819.50 ↑ +1240%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $852.28 ↑ +1294%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $852.28 ↑ +1294%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $852.28 ↑ +1294%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $860.48 ↑ +1307%
Humana Humana Commercial $868.67 ↑ +1320%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $876.87 ↑ +1334%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $885.06 ↑ +1347%
Molina Molina Ohio $893.26 ↑ +1361%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,193.68 ↑ +1852%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +1930%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $1,573.44 ↑ +2473%

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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $819.50 $0.01 – $1,321.71
Harlem Hospital Center New York $819.50 $0.01 – $995.69
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $819.50 $0.01 – $1,321.71
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $819.50 $0.01 – $995.69
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $819.50 $0.01 – $995.69
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $1,408.80 $101.65 – $2,113.20
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $819.50 $0.01 – $1,321.71
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $819.50 $0.01 – $1,321.71

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