Remove jaw joint cartilage 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

$481.80

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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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$2,190.00

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.

$63.83 with Univera vs $13,440.68 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 $63.83 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $63.83 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $83.59 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $93.87 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $141.75 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $141.75 ↓ -71%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $178.20 ↓ -63%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $195.75 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $195.75 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $195.75 ↓ -59%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $195.75 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $195.75 ↓ -59%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $832.63 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $880.78 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $880.78 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $880.78 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $880.78 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $880.78 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $880.78 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $880.78 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $880.78 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $880.78 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $880.78 ↑ +83%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +142%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +146%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,237.10 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +158%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +166%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,445.97 ↑ +200%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,524.47 ↑ +216%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,524.47 ↑ +216%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $6,440.33 ↑ +1237%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $6,440.33 ↑ +1237%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $6,510.33 ↑ +1251%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $7,000.36 ↑ +1353%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $7,000.36 ↑ +1353%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $7,000.36 ↑ +1353%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,210.37 ↑ +1397%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $7,280.37 ↑ +1411%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $7,280.37 ↑ +1411%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $7,280.37 ↑ +1411%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $7,280.37 ↑ +1411%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $7,350.37 ↑ +1426%
Humana Humana Commercial $7,420.38 ↑ +1440%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $7,490.38 ↑ +1455%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $7,560.38 ↑ +1469%
Molina Molina Ohio $7,630.39 ↑ +1484%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $10,196.72 ↑ +2016%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $13,440.68 ↑ +2690%

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