Prostate biopsy, any mthd 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

$106.70

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.

$485.00

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.

$142.84 with Univera vs $817.30 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 $142.84 ↑ +34%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $142.84 ↑ +34%
Univera Univera Medicare $154.61 ↑ +45%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $172.06 ↑ +61%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $182.01 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $182.01 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $182.01 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $182.01 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $182.01 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $182.01 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $182.01 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $182.01 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $182.01 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $182.01 ↑ +71%
Univera Univera Commercial $188.56 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $203.64 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $215.06 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $215.06 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $316.34 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $316.34 ↑ +196%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $391.62 ↑ +267%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $391.62 ↑ +267%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $395.88 ↑ +271%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $425.68 ↑ +299%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $425.68 ↑ +299%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $425.68 ↑ +299%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $438.45 ↑ +311%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $442.71 ↑ +315%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $442.71 ↑ +315%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $442.71 ↑ +315%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $442.71 ↑ +315%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $446.96 ↑ +319%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $446.96 ↑ +319%
Humana Humana Commercial $451.22 ↑ +323%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $455.48 ↑ +327%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $459.73 ↑ +331%
Molina Molina Ohio $463.99 ↑ +335%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $620.04 ↑ +481%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $817.30 ↑ +666%

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Prostate biopsy, any mthd at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $425.68 $1.00 – $671.16
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $425.68 $1.00 – $671.16
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $425.68 $1.00 – $671.16
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $425.68 $1.00 – $671.16
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $910.20 $305.55 – $1,365.30
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $425.68 $1.00 – $671.16
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $425.68 $1.00 – $671.16
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $425.68 $1.00 – $671.16

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