Kidney function study 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

$10.34

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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$47.00

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.

$13.91 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
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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 $13.91 ↑ +35%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $13.91 ↑ +35%
Univera Univera Medicare $16.37 ↑ +58%
Univera Univera Commercial $18.17 ↑ +76%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $18.35 ↑ +77%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $18.70 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $18.70 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $19.40 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $19.40 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $19.40 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $19.40 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $19.40 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $19.40 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $19.40 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $19.40 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $19.40 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $19.40 ↑ +88%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $23.51 ↑ +127%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $25.82 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $25.82 ↑ +150%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $25.82 ↑ +150%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $25.82 ↑ +150%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $25.82 ↑ +150%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $26.97 ↑ +161%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $32.71 ↑ +216%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $34.48 ↑ +233%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $34.48 ↑ +233%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $96.82 ↑ +836%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $98.76 ↑ +855%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $103.28 ↑ +899%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $106.51 ↑ +930%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $106.51 ↑ +930%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $437.47 ↑ +4131%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $437.47 ↑ +4131%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $442.22 ↑ +4177%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $475.51 ↑ +4499%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $475.51 ↑ +4499%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $475.51 ↑ +4499%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $489.77 ↑ +4637%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $494.53 ↑ +4683%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $494.53 ↑ +4683%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $494.53 ↑ +4683%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $494.53 ↑ +4683%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $499.29 ↑ +4729%
Humana Humana Commercial $504.04 ↑ +4775%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $508.80 ↑ +4821%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $513.55 ↑ +4867%
Molina Molina Ohio $518.31 ↑ +4913%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $692.63 ↑ +6599%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $912.98 ↑ +8730%

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Kidney function study at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $475.51 $73.72 – $748.54
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $475.51 $73.72 – $748.54
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $475.51 $112.83 – $748.54
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $475.51 $112.83 – $748.54
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $475.51 $73.72 – $748.54
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $475.51 $73.72 – $748.54
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $475.51 $112.83 – $748.54
North Central Bronx Bronx $475.51 $112.83 – $748.54

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