Knee arthroscopy/surgery 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

$398.86

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.

$1,813.00

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.

$5.96 with Amerihealth vs $7,371.92 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $5.96 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $5.96 ↓ -99%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $52.25 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $52.25 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $68.42 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $76.84 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $570.67 ↑ +43%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $570.67 ↑ +43%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $717.42 ↑ +80%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $788.08 ↑ +98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $788.08 ↑ +98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $788.08 ↑ +98%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $788.08 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $788.08 ↑ +98%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $794.43 ↑ +99%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $815.25 ↑ +104%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $831.56 ↑ +108%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $840.37 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $840.37 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $840.37 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $840.37 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $840.37 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $840.37 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $840.37 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $840.37 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $840.37 ↑ +111%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $840.37 ↑ +111%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,021.10 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,157.40 ↑ +190%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,220.24 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,220.24 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,491.20 ↑ +274%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,532.38 ↑ +786%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,532.38 ↑ +786%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,570.77 ↑ +795%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,839.54 ↑ +863%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,839.54 ↑ +863%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3,839.54 ↑ +863%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,954.73 ↑ +892%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,993.12 ↑ +901%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,993.12 ↑ +901%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,993.12 ↑ +901%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,993.12 ↑ +901%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $4,031.52 ↑ +911%
Humana Humana Commercial $4,069.91 ↑ +920%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4,108.31 ↑ +930%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4,146.71 ↑ +940%
Molina Molina Ohio $4,185.10 ↑ +949%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $5,592.68 ↑ +1302%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $7,371.92 ↑ +1748%

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Knee arthroscopy/surgery at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $3,839.54 $361.61 – $8,168.77
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $3,839.54 $361.61 – $8,168.77
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Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $3,839.54 $361.61 – $8,168.77
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $3,839.54 $763.73 – $8,168.77
North Central Bronx Bronx $3,839.54 $763.73 – $8,168.77

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