Removal foreign body extrn auditory canal with anes 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

$58.30

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$265.00

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$7.80 with Univera vs $3,681.27 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $7.80 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $7.80 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $9.51 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $10.20 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $93.25 ↑ +60%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $93.25 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $102.30 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $108.22 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $108.22 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $108.22 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $108.22 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $108.22 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $108.22 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $108.22 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $108.22 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $108.22 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $108.22 ↑ +86%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $117.23 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $128.77 ↑ +121%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $128.77 ↑ +121%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $128.77 ↑ +121%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $128.77 ↑ +121%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $128.77 ↑ +121%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $133.22 ↑ +129%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $135.88 ↑ +133%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $146.54 ↑ +151%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $146.54 ↑ +151%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $151.39 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $174.27 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $183.73 ↑ +215%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $183.73 ↑ +215%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $258.00 ↑ +343%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $832.00 ↑ +1327%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,763.94 ↑ +2926%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,763.94 ↑ +2926%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,783.11 ↑ +2959%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,917.33 ↑ +3189%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,917.33 ↑ +3189%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,974.85 ↑ +3287%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,994.02 ↑ +3320%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,994.02 ↑ +3320%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,994.02 ↑ +3320%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,994.02 ↑ +3320%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $2,013.19 ↑ +3353%
Humana Humana Commercial $2,032.37 ↑ +3386%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $2,051.54 ↑ +3419%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $2,070.71 ↑ +3452%
Molina Molina Ohio $2,089.89 ↑ +3485%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $2,792.78 ↑ +4690%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $3,681.27 ↑ +6214%

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Removal foreign body extrn auditory canal with anes at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $1,917.33 $0.01 – $3,092.49
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $1,917.33 $0.01 – $3,092.49
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $1,917.33 $0.01 – $2,329.68
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $1,917.33 $0.01 – $2,329.68
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $1,917.33 $0.01 – $3,092.49
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $1,917.33 $0.01 – $3,092.49
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $1,917.33 $0.01 – $2,329.68
North Central Bronx Bronx $1,917.33 $0.01 – $3,092.49

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