Plmt biliary drainage cath 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

$8,257.86

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$10,587.00

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.

$293.28 with Univera vs $8,018.21 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 Healthy New York $293.28 ↓ -96%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $293.28 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $315.07 ↓ -96%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $338.78 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $347.92 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $347.92 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $348.94 ↓ -96%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $359.11 ↓ -96%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $359.11 ↓ -96%
Univera Univera Medicare $368.10 ↓ -96%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $372.66 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $380.95 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $402.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $402.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $402.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $402.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $402.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $402.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $402.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $402.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $402.99 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $402.99 ↓ -95%
Univera Univera Commercial $431.29 ↓ -95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $437.38 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $480.46 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $480.46 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $480.46 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $480.46 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $480.46 ↓ -94%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $497.03 ↓ -94%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $506.97 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $546.73 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $546.73 ↓ -93%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $574.39 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $689.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $726.97 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $726.97 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,842.06 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,842.06 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,883.82 ↓ -53%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $4,176.15 ↓ -49%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $4,343.19 ↓ -47%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $4,343.19 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $4,343.19 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $4,384.96 ↓ -47%
Humana Humana Commercial $4,426.72 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4,468.48 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4,510.24 ↓ -45%
Molina Molina Ohio $4,552.00 ↓ -45%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,082.98 ↓ -26%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $8,018.21 ↓ -3%

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