Application of paste boot 29580 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

$18.98

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.

$73.00

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.

$22.76 with Highmark vs $503.67 with Medical Mutual — 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 Community Blue Medicare $22.76 ↑ +20%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $24.47 ↑ +29%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $25.20 ↑ +33%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $25.94 ↑ +37%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $25.94 ↑ +37%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $26.92 ↑ +42%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $27.10 ↑ +43%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $28.67 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $28.67 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $28.67 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $28.67 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $28.67 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $28.67 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $28.67 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $28.67 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $28.67 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $28.67 ↑ +51%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $41.89 ↑ +121%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $50.59 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $53.34 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $53.34 ↑ +181%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $139.65 ↑ +636%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $139.65 ↑ +636%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $141.17 ↑ +644%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $142.26 ↑ +650%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $142.26 ↑ +650%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $147.00 ↑ +674%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $157.87 ↑ +732%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $157.87 ↑ +732%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $157.87 ↑ +732%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $157.87 ↑ +732%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $159.39 ↑ +740%
Humana Humana Commercial $160.90 ↑ +748%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $160.90 ↑ +748%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $162.42 ↑ +756%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $162.42 ↑ +756%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $163.94 ↑ +764%
Molina Molina Ohio $165.46 ↑ +772%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $247.61 ↑ +1205%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $461.46 ↑ +2331%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $503.67 ↑ +2554%

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UPMC Altoona Altoona $316.20 $88.00 – $421.60
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