Insert cath pleura without image 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

$4,438.98

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.

$5,691.00

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.

$99.61 with Univera vs $4,310.06 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 Healthy New York $99.61 ↓ -98%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $99.61 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $102.17 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $102.17 ↓ -98%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $107.46 ↓ -98%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $115.55 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $119.02 ↓ -97%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $122.48 ↓ -97%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $122.48 ↓ -97%
Univera Univera Medicare $124.06 ↓ -97%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $127.11 ↓ -97%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $128.44 ↓ -97%
Univera Univera Commercial $132.55 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $141.09 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $141.09 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $141.09 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $141.09 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $141.09 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $141.58 ↓ -97%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $145.95 ↓ -97%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $148.87 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $149.76 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $149.76 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $149.76 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $149.76 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $149.76 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $149.76 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $149.76 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $149.76 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $149.76 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $149.76 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $160.54 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $160.54 ↓ -96%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $196.24 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $227.97 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $240.35 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $240.35 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↓ -72%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $2,065.24 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $2,065.24 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $2,087.68 ↓ -53%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $2,244.82 ↓ -49%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $2,334.61 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $2,334.61 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $2,334.61 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $2,357.06 ↓ -47%
Humana Humana Commercial $2,379.51 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $2,401.96 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $2,424.41 ↓ -45%
Molina Molina Ohio $2,446.86 ↓ -45%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $3,269.81 ↓ -26%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $4,310.06 ↓ -3%

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