Remove pulmonary shunt 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

$172.92

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.

$786.00

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.

$45.89 with Amerihealth vs $559.20 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $45.89 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $45.89 ↓ -73%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $57.68 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $63.37 ↓ -63%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $63.37 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $63.37 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $63.37 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $63.37 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $69.92 ↓ -60%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $223.57 ↑ +29%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $223.57 ↑ +29%
Univera Univera Medicare $314.23 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $315.59 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $333.84 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $333.84 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $333.84 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $333.84 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $333.84 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $333.84 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $333.84 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $333.84 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $333.84 ↑ +93%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $333.84 ↑ +93%
Univera Univera Commercial $349.83 ↑ +102%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $446.28 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $530.40 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $559.20 ↑ +223%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $559.20 ↑ +223%

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