Strapping of chest at WESTFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
189 EAST MAIN STREET, WESTFIELD, NY · Ahn · · NPI 1942236427
$11.00
Cash price 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.
$50.00
Gross charge 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.
$14.94 with Univera vs $358.51 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Univera | Univera Healthy New York | $14.94 | ↑ +36% |
| Univera | Univera Essential Plan | $14.94 | ↑ +36% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare | $15.49 | ↑ +41% |
| Life Pittsburgh | Life Pittsburgh Medicare | $16.66 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark Security Blue | $17.16 | ↑ +56% |
| Devoted Medicare | Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP | $17.66 | ↑ +61% |
| Devoted Medicare | Devoted Health Medicare Advantage | $17.66 | ↑ +61% |
| American Health Plans | American Health Plans Medicare | $18.33 | ↑ +67% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue | $18.75 | ↑ +70% |
| Univera | Univera Medicare | $19.56 | ↑ +78% |
| Highmark | Highmark Managed Care | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Direct Blue | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Indemnity | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark | Highmark Connect Blue | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark | Highmark Indemnity | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Blue Access | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark | Highmark Blue High Performance | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Managed Care | $19.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Univera | Univera Commercial | $21.97 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Cigna Commercial | $29.04 | ↑ +164% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial | $34.58 | ↑ +214% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Commercial | $36.46 | ↑ +231% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid | $36.46 | ↑ +231% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) | $36.57 | ↑ +232% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare | $36.57 | ↑ +232% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicaid CHC | $40.14 | ↑ +265% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicaid HC | $40.14 | ↑ +265% |
| Pennsylvania Health and Wellness | PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC | $45.98 | ↑ +318% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger CHIP | $50.50 | ↑ +359% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger Medicaid HC | $50.50 | ↑ +359% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid | $50.50 | ↑ +359% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid | $50.50 | ↑ +359% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicaid | $50.50 | ↑ +359% |
| Pennsylvania Health and Wellness | Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC | $52.25 | ↑ +375% |
| Jefferson Health Plans | Jefferson Health Plans | $53.29 | ↑ +384% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare CHIP | $55.73 | ↑ +407% |
| Martin's Point | Martin's Point | $75.00 | ↑ +582% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO | $171.78 | ↑ +1462% |
| Highmark | Highmark Complete Blue Medicare | $171.78 | ↑ +1462% |
| Highmark | Highmark Freedom Blue | $173.65 | ↑ +1479% |
| Aetna | Aetna Medicare | $194.19 | ↑ +1665% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue Medicare | $194.19 | ↑ +1665% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO | $194.19 | ↑ +1665% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicare New York | $196.06 | ↑ +1682% |
| Humana | Humana Commercial | $197.93 | ↑ +1699% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP | $199.79 | ↑ +1716% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP | $201.66 | ↑ +1733% |
| Molina | Molina Ohio | $203.53 | ↑ +1750% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced | $271.98 | ↑ +2373% |
| Aetna | Aetna Commercial | $358.51 | ↑ +3159% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Hospital Center | NY 10016 | $186.72 | $0.01 – $645.00 |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York | $186.72 | $0.01 – $645.00 |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | $186.72 | $0.01 – $645.00 |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Bronx | $186.72 | $0.01 – $645.00 |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | $186.72 | $0.01 – $645.00 |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | $186.72 | $0.01 – $645.00 |
| Woodhull Medical Center | Brooklyn | $186.72 | $0.01 – $645.00 |
| South Brooklyn Health | Brooklyn | $186.72 | $0.01 – $645.00 |