Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl 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

$127.16

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.

$578.00

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.

$165.95 with Univera vs $401.70 with United Healthcare — 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 $165.95 ↑ +31%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $165.95 ↑ +31%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $179.08 ↑ +41%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $180.37 ↑ +42%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $180.37 ↑ +42%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $192.56 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $198.34 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $204.11 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $204.11 ↑ +61%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $211.82 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $212.97 ↑ +67%
Univera Univera Medicare $218.00 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $225.28 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $225.28 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $225.28 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $225.28 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $225.28 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $225.28 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $225.28 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $225.28 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $225.28 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $225.28 ↑ +77%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $226.75 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $249.08 ↑ +96%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $249.08 ↑ +96%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $249.08 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $249.08 ↑ +96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $249.08 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $274.85 ↑ +116%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $327.91 ↑ +158%
Univera Univera Commercial $343.61 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $381.02 ↑ +200%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $401.70 ↑ +216%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $401.70 ↑ +216%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $1,937.40 $171.71 – $2,906.10
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 not published $131.94 – $1,161.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York not published $230.52 – $1,161.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn not published $131.94 – $1,161.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx not published $237.97 – $1,161.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York not published $237.97 – $1,161.00
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica not published $131.94 – $1,161.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn not published $131.94 – $1,161.00

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