Meg spontaneous 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

$249.48

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.

$1,134.00

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.

$103.41 with Univera vs $2,311.56 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 $103.41 ↓ -59%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $103.41 ↓ -59%
Univera Univera Medicare $129.91 ↓ -48%
Univera Univera Commercial $147.89 ↓ -41%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $470.80 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $498.03 ↑ +100%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $498.03 ↑ +100%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $498.03 ↑ +100%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $498.03 ↑ +100%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $498.03 ↑ +100%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $498.03 ↑ +100%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $498.03 ↑ +100%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $498.03 ↑ +100%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $498.03 ↑ +100%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $498.03 ↑ +100%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $646.23 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $766.39 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $807.99 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $807.99 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $911.95 ↑ +266%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $911.95 ↑ +266%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,107.62 ↑ +344%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,107.62 ↑ +344%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,119.66 ↑ +349%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,203.94 ↑ +383%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,203.94 ↑ +383%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,203.94 ↑ +383%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,240.06 ↑ +397%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,252.10 ↑ +402%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,252.10 ↑ +402%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,252.10 ↑ +402%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,252.10 ↑ +402%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $1,264.14 ↑ +407%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $1,264.14 ↑ +407%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,276.17 ↑ +412%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,288.21 ↑ +416%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,300.25 ↑ +421%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,312.29 ↑ +426%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,753.66 ↑ +603%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $2,311.56 ↑ +827%

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