Ultrasound bone density measure 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

$1.76

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.

$8.00

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.

$2.16 with Univera vs $241.61 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 $2.16 ↑ +23%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $2.16 ↑ +23%
Univera Univera Medicare $2.54 ↑ +44%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $2.86 ↑ +63%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $2.86 ↑ +63%
Univera Univera Commercial $3.07 ↑ +74%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $3.12 ↑ +77%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $3.30 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $3.30 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $3.30 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $3.30 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $3.30 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $3.30 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $3.30 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $3.30 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $3.30 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $3.30 ↑ +88%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $3.59 ↑ +104%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $3.94 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $3.94 ↑ +124%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $3.94 ↑ +124%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $3.94 ↑ +124%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $3.94 ↑ +124%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $4.27 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $5.11 ↑ +190%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $5.39 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $5.39 ↑ +206%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $11.30 ↑ +542%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $11.52 ↑ +555%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $12.05 ↑ +585%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $12.42 ↑ +606%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $12.42 ↑ +606%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $17.00 ↑ +866%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $115.77 ↑ +6478%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $115.77 ↑ +6478%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $117.03 ↑ +6549%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $125.84 ↑ +7050%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $125.84 ↑ +7050%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $129.61 ↑ +7264%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $130.87 ↑ +7336%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $130.87 ↑ +7336%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $130.87 ↑ +7336%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $130.87 ↑ +7336%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $132.13 ↑ +7407%
Humana Humana Commercial $133.39 ↑ +7479%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $134.65 ↑ +7551%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $135.91 ↑ +7622%
Molina Molina Ohio $137.16 ↑ +7693%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $183.30 ↑ +10315%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $241.61 ↑ +13628%

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Ultrasound bone density measure at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $125.84 $5.72 – $261.01
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $125.84 $5.72 – $261.01
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $125.84 $8.78 – $261.01
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $125.84 $7.44 – $261.01
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $125.84 $5.72 – $261.01
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $125.84 $5.72 – $261.01
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $125.84 $8.78 – $261.01
North Central Bronx Bronx $125.84 $8.78 – $261.01

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