Release encircling material 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

$301.40

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.

$1,370.00

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.

$40.47 with Univera vs $9,140.14 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 Essential Plan $40.47 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $40.47 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $50.71 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $67.66 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $388.88 ↑ +29%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $388.88 ↑ +29%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $488.88 ↑ +62%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $537.02 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $537.02 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $537.02 ↑ +78%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $537.02 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $537.02 ↑ +78%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $555.54 ↑ +84%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $566.65 ↑ +88%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $611.09 ↑ +103%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $611.09 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $624.94 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $661.08 ↑ +119%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $661.08 ↑ +119%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $661.08 ↑ +119%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $661.08 ↑ +119%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $661.08 ↑ +119%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $661.08 ↑ +119%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $661.08 ↑ +119%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $661.08 ↑ +119%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $661.08 ↑ +119%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $661.08 ↑ +119%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $780.15 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $886.40 ↑ +194%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $934.53 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $934.53 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +312%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $4,379.65 ↑ +1353%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $4,379.65 ↑ +1353%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $4,427.26 ↑ +1369%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $4,760.49 ↑ +1479%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $4,760.49 ↑ +1479%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $4,760.49 ↑ +1479%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $4,903.31 ↑ +1527%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $4,950.91 ↑ +1543%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $4,950.91 ↑ +1543%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $4,950.91 ↑ +1543%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $4,950.91 ↑ +1543%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $4,998.52 ↑ +1558%
Humana Humana Commercial $5,046.12 ↑ +1574%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $5,093.73 ↑ +1590%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $5,141.33 ↑ +1606%
Molina Molina Ohio $5,188.94 ↑ +1622%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,934.13 ↑ +2201%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $9,140.14 ↑ +2933%

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