X-ray exam of salivary gland 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

$5.06

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$23.00

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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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$6.63 with Univera vs $200.05 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 $6.63 ↑ +31%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $6.63 ↑ +31%
Univera Univera Medicare $7.80 ↑ +54%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $8.44 ↑ +67%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $8.44 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $9.16 ↑ +81%
Univera Univera Commercial $9.44 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $9.69 ↑ +92%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $9.69 ↑ +92%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $9.69 ↑ +92%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $9.69 ↑ +92%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $9.69 ↑ +92%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $9.69 ↑ +92%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $9.69 ↑ +92%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $9.69 ↑ +92%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $9.69 ↑ +92%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $9.69 ↑ +92%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $10.61 ↑ +110%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $11.66 ↑ +130%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $11.66 ↑ +130%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $11.66 ↑ +130%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $11.66 ↑ +130%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $11.66 ↑ +130%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $12.89 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $15.36 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $16.20 ↑ +220%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $16.20 ↑ +220%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $31.50 ↑ +523%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $32.13 ↑ +535%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $33.60 ↑ +564%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $34.65 ↑ +585%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $34.65 ↑ +585%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $95.86 ↑ +1794%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $95.86 ↑ +1794%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $96.90 ↑ +1815%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $104.19 ↑ +1959%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $104.19 ↑ +1959%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $104.19 ↑ +1959%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $107.32 ↑ +2021%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $108.36 ↑ +2042%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $108.36 ↑ +2042%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $108.36 ↑ +2042%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $108.36 ↑ +2042%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $109.40 ↑ +2062%
Humana Humana Commercial $110.45 ↑ +2083%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $111.49 ↑ +2103%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $112.53 ↑ +2124%
Molina Molina Ohio $113.57 ↑ +2144%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $151.77 ↑ +2899%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $200.05 ↑ +3854%

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X-ray exam of salivary gland at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $104.19 $1.00 – $162.95
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $104.19 $1.00 – $162.95
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $104.19 $1.00 – $162.95
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $104.19 $1.00 – $162.95
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $104.19 $1.00 – $162.95
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $104.19 $1.00 – $162.95
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $104.19 $1.00 – $162.95
North Central Bronx Bronx $104.19 $1.00 – $162.95

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