Remot img sub by pt, non e/m 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

$5.50

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.

$25.00

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.

$7.45 with Univera vs $18.17 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 $7.45 ↑ +35%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $7.45 ↑ +35%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $7.86 ↑ +43%
Univera Univera Medicare $8.06 ↑ +47%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $8.45 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $8.70 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $8.72 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $8.72 ↑ +59%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $8.96 ↑ +63%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $8.96 ↑ +63%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $9.30 ↑ +69%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $9.52 ↑ +73%
Univera Univera Commercial $9.83 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $10.06 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $10.06 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $10.06 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $10.06 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $10.06 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $10.06 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $10.06 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $10.06 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $10.06 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $10.06 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $17.24 ↑ +213%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $18.17 ↑ +230%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $18.17 ↑ +230%

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Remot img sub by pt, non e/m at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $9.75 $5.67 – $17.74
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $9.92 $5.67 – $18.00
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $9.92 $7.47 – $18.00
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $9.75 $7.36 – $17.74
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $9.77 $5.67 – $17.70
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $9.92 $5.67 – $18.00
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $9.92 $7.47 – $18.00
North Central Bronx Bronx $9.92 $7.47 – $18.00

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