Absorpt drg >16<=48 in w/bdr at AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL

12351 PERRY HIGHWAY, WEXFORD, PA · Ahn · · NPI 1588269898

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 30, 2026

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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.

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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.

$2.06 with Highmark vs $12.92 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
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $2.06 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $2.19 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $2.30 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $2.30 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $3.51 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3.91 —
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3.91 —
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3.95 —
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $4.25 —
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $4.25 —
Martin's Point Martin's Point $4.25 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $4.37 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $4.37 —
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $4.38 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $4.42 —
Aetna Aetna Medicare $4.42 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $4.42 —
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $4.42 —
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $4.42 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $4.46 —
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $4.51 —
Humana Humana Commercial $4.51 —
Cigna Cigna Medicare $4.55 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4.55 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4.59 —
Molina Molina Ohio $4.63 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $5.88 —
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $7.78 —
Cigna Cigna Commercial $7.78 —
Aetna Aetna Commercial $12.92 —

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Absorpt drg >16<=48 in w/bdr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1.80 $0.50 – $16.97
UPMC Bedford Everett $0.60 $0.25 – $16.97
UPMC East Monroeville $1.80 $0.25 – $16.97
UPMC Hamot Erie $1.80 $5.37 – $7.02
UPMC Northwest Seneca $0.60 $7.02 – $20.53
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1.80 $2.86 – $16.97
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $1.80 $2.86 – $16.97
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1.80 $5.42 – $24.62

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