Remove knee joint lining 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

$430.10

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.

$1,955.00

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.

$56.32 with Univera vs $7,371.92 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 Healthy New York $56.32 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $56.32 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $73.76 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $82.83 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $629.12 ↑ +46%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $629.12 ↑ +46%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $726.45 ↑ +69%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $768.46 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $768.46 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $768.46 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $768.46 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $768.46 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $768.46 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $768.46 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $768.46 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $768.46 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $768.46 ↑ +79%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $790.89 ↑ +84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $868.78 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $868.78 ↑ +102%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $868.78 ↑ +102%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $868.78 ↑ +102%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $868.78 ↑ +102%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,100.74 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,246.51 ↑ +190%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,314.19 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,314.19 ↑ +206%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,444.50 ↑ +236%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,473.39 ↑ +243%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,540.80 ↑ +258%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,588.95 ↑ +269%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,588.95 ↑ +269%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,532.38 ↑ +721%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,532.38 ↑ +721%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,570.77 ↑ +730%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,839.54 ↑ +793%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3,839.54 ↑ +793%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,839.54 ↑ +793%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,954.73 ↑ +819%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,993.12 ↑ +828%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,993.12 ↑ +828%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,993.12 ↑ +828%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,993.12 ↑ +828%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $4,031.52 ↑ +837%
Humana Humana Commercial $4,069.91 ↑ +846%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4,108.31 ↑ +855%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4,146.71 ↑ +864%
Molina Molina Ohio $4,185.10 ↑ +873%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $5,592.68 ↑ +1200%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $7,371.92 ↑ +1614%

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