Laparo cholecystectomy/explr 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

$693.44

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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$3,152.00

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.

$81.14 with Univera vs $23,654.82 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 Essential Plan $81.14 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $81.14 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Medicare $101.84 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera Commercial $119.32 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $124.40 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $124.40 ↓ -82%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $156.39 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $171.80 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $171.80 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $171.80 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $171.80 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $171.80 ↓ -75%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +68%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $1,199.17 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $1,268.51 ↑ +83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +85%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,784.09 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $2,062.81 ↑ +197%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $2,174.81 ↑ +214%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $2,174.81 ↑ +214%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $11,334.60 ↑ +1535%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $11,334.60 ↑ +1535%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $11,457.81 ↑ +1552%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $12,320.22 ↑ +1677%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $12,320.22 ↑ +1677%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $12,320.22 ↑ +1677%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $12,689.83 ↑ +1730%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $12,813.03 ↑ +1748%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $12,813.03 ↑ +1748%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $12,813.03 ↑ +1748%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $12,813.03 ↑ +1748%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $12,936.23 ↑ +1766%
Humana Humana Commercial $13,059.43 ↑ +1783%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $13,182.64 ↑ +1801%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $13,305.84 ↑ +1819%
Molina Molina Ohio $13,429.04 ↑ +1837%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $17,945.63 ↑ +2488%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $23,654.82 ↑ +3311%

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Laparo cholecystectomy/explr at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $12,320.22 $476.86 – $26,538.10
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $12,320.22 $476.86 – $26,538.10
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $12,320.22 $1,340.04 – $26,538.10
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $12,320.22 $1,340.04 – $26,538.10
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $12,320.22 $476.86 – $26,538.10
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $12,320.22 $476.86 – $26,538.10
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $12,320.22 $1,340.04 – $26,538.10
North Central Bronx Bronx $12,320.22 $1,340.04 – $26,538.10

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