Partial thyroid excision 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

$439.34

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$1,997.00

Gross charge

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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.

$51.75 with Univera vs $13,255.96 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 $51.75 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $51.75 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Medicare $64.92 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera Commercial $68.01 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $101.67 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $101.67 ↓ -77%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $127.82 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $140.40 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $140.40 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $140.40 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $140.40 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $140.40 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $757.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $801.49 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $801.49 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $801.49 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $801.49 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $801.49 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $801.49 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $801.49 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $801.49 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $801.49 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $801.49 ↑ +82%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,130.24 ↑ +157%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +165%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +183%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +191%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,294.51 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,364.79 ↑ +211%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,364.79 ↑ +211%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $6,351.82 ↑ +1346%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $6,351.82 ↑ +1346%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $6,420.86 ↑ +1361%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $6,904.15 ↑ +1471%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $6,904.15 ↑ +1471%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $6,904.15 ↑ +1471%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,111.27 ↑ +1519%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $7,180.31 ↑ +1534%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $7,180.31 ↑ +1534%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $7,180.31 ↑ +1534%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $7,180.31 ↑ +1534%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $7,249.36 ↑ +1550%
Humana Humana Commercial $7,318.40 ↑ +1566%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $7,387.44 ↑ +1581%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $7,456.48 ↑ +1597%
Molina Molina Ohio $7,525.52 ↑ +1613%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $10,056.58 ↑ +2189%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $13,255.96 ↑ +2917%

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Partial thyroid excision at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $6,904.15 $392.71 – $15,093.07
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $6,904.15 $392.71 – $15,093.07
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $6,904.15 $836.77 – $15,093.07
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $6,904.15 $836.77 – $15,093.07
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $6,904.15 $392.71 – $15,093.07
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $6,904.15 $392.71 – $15,093.07
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $6,904.15 $836.77 – $15,093.07
North Central Bronx Bronx $6,904.15 $836.77 – $15,093.07

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