Rbc mechanical fragility 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

$5.72

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.

$26.00

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.

$5.46 with Univera vs $17.84 with Highmark — 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 Medicare $5.46 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $5.68 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $5.68 ↓ -1%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $7.31 ↑ +28%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $7.31 ↑ +28%
Univera Univera Commercial $7.84 ↑ +37%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $7.91 ↑ +38%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $7.91 ↑ +38%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $8.00 ↑ +40%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $8.18 ↑ +43%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $8.60 ↑ +50%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $8.60 ↑ +50%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $8.60 ↑ +50%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $8.86 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $8.86 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $8.88 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $8.94 ↑ +56%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $8.94 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $8.94 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $8.94 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $9.03 ↑ +58%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $9.03 ↑ +58%
Humana Humana Commercial $9.12 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $9.20 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $9.29 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $9.36 ↑ +64%
Molina Molina Ohio $9.37 ↑ +64%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $9.91 ↑ +73%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $9.91 ↑ +73%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $9.91 ↑ +73%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $14.87 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $15.86 ↑ +177%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $15.86 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $15.86 ↑ +177%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $15.86 ↑ +177%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $16.51 ↑ +189%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $17.84 ↑ +212%

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