MRI brain w/dye at WESTFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
189 EAST MAIN STREET, WESTFIELD, NY · Ahn · · NPI 1942236427
$102.74
Cash price 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.
$467.00
Gross charge 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.
$107.46 with Highmark vs $404.47 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue | $107.46 | ↑ +5% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) | $134.31 | ↑ +31% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare | $134.31 | ↑ +31% |
| Univera | Univera Essential Plan | $136.94 | ↑ +33% |
| Univera | Univera Healthy New York | $136.94 | ↑ +33% |
| Univera | Univera Medicare | $161.11 | ↑ +57% |
| Pennsylvania Health and Wellness | PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC | $168.84 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicaid | $176.02 | ↑ +71% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare CHIP | $176.02 | ↑ +71% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Direct Blue | $183.87 | ↑ +79% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger CHIP | $185.47 | ↑ +81% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid | $185.47 | ↑ +81% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid | $185.47 | ↑ +81% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger Medicaid HC | $185.47 | ↑ +81% |
| Highmark | Highmark Complete Blue Medicare | $193.81 | ↑ +89% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO | $193.81 | ↑ +89% |
| Univera | Univera Commercial | $194.94 | ↑ +90% |
| Highmark | Highmark Freedom Blue | $195.92 | ↑ +91% |
| Highmark | Highmark Managed Care | $204.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Blue Access | $204.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue | $204.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue | $204.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Managed Care | $204.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Indemnity | $204.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Highmark | Highmark Blue High Performance | $204.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Highmark | Highmark Connect Blue | $204.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Highmark | Highmark Indemnity | $204.66 | ↑ +99% |
| Life Pittsburgh | Life Pittsburgh Medicare | $210.66 | ↑ +105% |
| American Health Plans | American Health Plans Medicare | $210.66 | ↑ +105% |
| Martin's Point | Martin's Point | $210.66 | ↑ +105% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Commercial | $216.98 | ↑ +111% |
| Devoted Medicare | Devoted Health Medicare Advantage | $216.98 | ↑ +111% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO | $219.09 | ↑ +113% |
| Highmark | Highmark Security Blue | $219.09 | ↑ +113% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue Medicare | $219.09 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Aetna Medicare | $219.09 | ↑ +113% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicare New York | $221.19 | ↑ +115% |
| Humana | Humana Commercial | $223.30 | ↑ +117% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP | $225.41 | ↑ +119% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP | $227.51 | ↑ +121% |
| Molina | Molina Ohio | $229.62 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna | Cigna Commercial | $265.22 | ↑ +158% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced | $306.85 | ↑ +199% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial | $308.25 | ↑ +200% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid | $324.99 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Aetna Commercial | $404.47 | ↑ +294% |
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MRI brain w/dye at other New-york hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| South Brooklyn Health | Brooklyn | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |
| North Central Bronx | Bronx | $210.66 | $168.53 – $681.75 |