Insert spine fixation device 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

$503.36

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.

$2,288.00

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.

$127.31 with Amerihealth vs $1,589.29 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $127.31 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $127.31 ↓ -75%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $160.05 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $175.81 ↓ -65%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $175.81 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $175.81 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $175.81 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $175.81 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $194.00 ↓ -61%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $648.91 ↑ +29%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $648.91 ↑ +29%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $848.75 ↑ +69%
Univera Univera Medicare $852.42 ↑ +69%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $897.83 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $897.83 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $897.83 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $897.83 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $897.83 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $897.83 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $897.83 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $897.83 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $897.83 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $897.83 ↑ +78%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,296.64 ↑ +158%
Univera Univera Commercial $1,343.63 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,507.45 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,589.29 ↑ +216%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,589.29 ↑ +216%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $488.16 – $1,368.56
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $488.16 – $1,430.34
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $993.29 – $1,430.34
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $993.29 – $1,430.34
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $488.16 – $1,339.03
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $488.16 – $1,430.34
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn not published $993.29 – $1,430.34
North Central Bronx Bronx not published $993.29 – $1,430.34

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