Remove thyroid duct lesion 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

$369.16

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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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$1,678.00

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.

$44.01 with Univera vs $13,255.96 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 $44.01 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $44.01 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Medicare $55.21 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera Commercial $57.84 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $64.05 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $64.05 ↓ -83%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $80.52 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $88.45 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $88.45 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $88.45 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $88.45 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $88.45 ↓ -76%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $640.45 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $677.49 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $677.49 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $677.49 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $677.49 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $677.49 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $677.49 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $677.49 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $677.49 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $677.49 ↑ +84%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $677.49 ↑ +84%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $952.76 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,067.10 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,125.03 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,125.03 ↑ +205%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +215%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +222%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +236%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +247%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +247%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $6,351.82 ↑ +1621%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $6,351.82 ↑ +1621%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $6,420.86 ↑ +1639%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $6,904.15 ↑ +1770%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $6,904.15 ↑ +1770%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $6,904.15 ↑ +1770%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,111.27 ↑ +1826%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $7,180.31 ↑ +1845%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $7,180.31 ↑ +1845%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $7,180.31 ↑ +1845%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $7,180.31 ↑ +1845%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $7,249.36 ↑ +1864%
Humana Humana Commercial $7,318.40 ↑ +1882%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $7,387.44 ↑ +1901%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $7,456.48 ↑ +1920%
Molina Molina Ohio $7,525.52 ↑ +1939%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $10,056.58 ↑ +2624%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $13,255.96 ↑ +3491%

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