Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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

$18.04

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.

$82.00

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.

$17.85 with Highmark vs $56.12 with Highmark — 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
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $17.85 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $17.85 ↓ -1%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $22.99 ↑ +27%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $22.99 ↑ +27%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $24.89 ↑ +38%
Univera Univera Medicare $24.89 ↑ +38%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $24.89 ↑ +38%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $25.16 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $26.40 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $26.40 ↑ +46%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $27.05 ↑ +50%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $27.05 ↑ +50%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $27.05 ↑ +50%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $27.86 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $27.86 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $27.94 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $28.13 ↑ +56%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $28.13 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $28.13 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $28.13 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $28.40 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $28.40 ↑ +57%
Humana Humana Commercial $28.67 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $28.94 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $29.21 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $29.43 ↑ +63%
Molina Molina Ohio $29.48 ↑ +63%
Univera Univera Commercial $30.35 ↑ +68%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $51.94 ↑ +188%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $56.12 ↑ +211%

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