Revision of spinal 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

$446.82

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.

$2,031.00

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.

$61.04 with Univera vs $14,550.37 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 $61.04 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $61.04 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Medicare $74.09 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $87.18 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $114.33 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $114.33 ↓ -74%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $143.73 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $157.89 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $157.89 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $157.89 ↓ -65%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $157.89 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $157.89 ↓ -65%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $805.30 ↑ +80%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $851.86 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $851.86 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $851.86 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $851.86 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $851.86 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $851.86 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $851.86 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $851.86 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $851.86 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $851.86 ↑ +91%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,102.62 ↑ +147%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +161%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $1,187.28 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,240.07 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +178%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +187%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,307.40 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,307.40 ↑ +193%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $6,972.05 ↑ +1460%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $6,972.05 ↑ +1460%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $7,047.84 ↑ +1477%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $7,578.32 ↑ +1596%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $7,578.32 ↑ +1596%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $7,578.32 ↑ +1596%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,805.67 ↑ +1647%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $7,881.45 ↑ +1664%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $7,881.45 ↑ +1664%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $7,881.45 ↑ +1664%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $7,881.45 ↑ +1664%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $7,957.24 ↑ +1681%
Humana Humana Commercial $8,033.02 ↑ +1698%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $8,108.80 ↑ +1715%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $8,184.59 ↑ +1732%
Molina Molina Ohio $8,260.37 ↑ +1749%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $11,038.58 ↑ +2370%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $14,550.37 ↑ +3156%

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Revision of spinal shunt at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $7,578.32 $362.63 – $11,367.48
Harlem Hospital Center New York $7,578.32 $654.00 – $11,367.48
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $7,578.32 $362.63 – $11,367.48
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $7,578.32 $654.00 – $11,367.48
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $7,578.32 $654.00 – $11,367.48
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $7,578.32 $362.63 – $11,367.48
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $7,578.32 $362.63 – $11,367.48
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $7,578.32 $654.00 – $11,367.48

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