Insert abdomen-venous drain 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

$484.44

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,202.00

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.

$56.73 with Univera vs $1,390.92 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 $56.73 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $56.73 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Medicare $71.21 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $77.28 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $77.28 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $83.43 ↓ -83%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $97.15 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $106.72 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $106.72 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $117.76 ↓ -76%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $838.88 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $887.39 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $887.39 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $887.39 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $887.39 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $887.39 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $887.39 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $887.39 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $887.39 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $887.39 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $887.39 ↑ +83%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,246.58 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,319.29 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,390.92 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,390.92 ↑ +187%

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Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $420.13 – $1,299.59
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Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $420.13 – $1,282.75
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $420.13 – $1,349.74
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