Prev med cnsl indiv apprx 15 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

$15.40

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.

$70.00

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.

$16.00 with United Healthcare vs $92.40 with Martin's Point — 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
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $16.00 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $16.00 ↑ +4%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $19.30 ↑ +25%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $19.30 ↑ +25%
Univera Univera Medicare $22.71 ↑ +47%
Univera Univera Commercial $22.71 ↑ +47%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $26.47 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $28.00 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $28.00 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $28.00 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $28.00 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $28.00 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $28.00 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $28.00 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $28.00 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $28.00 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $28.00 ↑ +82%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $37.54 ↑ +144%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $45.38 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $47.84 ↑ +211%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $47.84 ↑ +211%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $92.40 ↑ +500%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing $147.00 $48.00 – $187.91
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York $265.00 $48.00 – $181.95
Rochester General Hospital Rochester $104.10 not published
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs $104.10 $49.34 – $49.34
Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur $36.17 not published
Massena Hospital Massena $36.36 not published
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam $40.85 $12.63 – $12.63
The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester $128.12 not published

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