Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst 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

$935.22

Cash price

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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.

$1,199.00

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.

$7.90 with Univera vs $1,241.60 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 $7.90 ↓ -99%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $7.90 ↓ -99%
Univera Univera Medicare $9.59 ↓ -99%
Univera Univera Commercial $10.42 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $25.20 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $25.20 ↓ -97%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $31.68 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $34.80 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $34.80 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $34.80 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $34.80 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $34.80 ↓ -96%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $36.00 ↓ -96%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $36.72 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $81.58 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $81.58 ↓ -91%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $83.99 ↓ -91%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $90.31 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $93.02 ↓ -90%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $95.73 ↓ -90%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $95.73 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $96.37 ↓ -90%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $99.34 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $101.95 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $101.95 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $101.95 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $101.95 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $101.95 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $101.95 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $101.95 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $101.95 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $101.95 ↓ -89%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $101.95 ↓ -89%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $153.08 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $170.77 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $180.04 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $180.04 ↓ -81%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $370.51 ↓ -60%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $434.96 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $434.96 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $439.69 ↓ -53%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $491.70 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $491.70 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $491.70 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $496.43 ↓ -47%
Humana Humana Commercial $501.16 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $505.88 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $510.61 ↓ -45%
Molina Molina Ohio $515.34 ↓ -45%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $688.66 ↓ -26%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $907.75 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +33%

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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $472.79 $0.01 – $781.00
Harlem Hospital Center New York $472.79 $0.01 – $781.00
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $472.79 $0.01 – $781.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $472.79 $0.01 – $781.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $472.79 $0.01 – $781.00
UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown $91.80 $30.00 – $2,904.64
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $472.79 $0.01 – $781.00
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $472.79 $0.01 – $781.00

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