Assay of chloramphenicol 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

$9.88

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.

$38.00

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.

$6.14 with Highmark vs $38.52 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 $6.14 ↓ -38%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $8.36 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $8.36 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $8.36 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $8.36 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $8.36 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $8.36 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $8.36 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $8.36 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $8.36 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $8.36 ↓ -15%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $9.76 ↓ -1%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $11.66 ↑ +18%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $11.66 ↑ +18%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $11.78 ↑ +19%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $12.00 ↑ +21%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $12.00 ↑ +21%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $12.00 ↑ +21%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $12.28 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $12.67 ↑ +28%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $12.67 ↑ +28%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $12.67 ↑ +28%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $12.67 ↑ +28%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $13.05 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $13.09 ↑ +32%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $13.18 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $13.18 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $13.18 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $13.18 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $13.18 ↑ +33%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $13.30 ↑ +35%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $13.43 ↑ +36%
Humana Humana Commercial $13.43 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $13.56 ↑ +37%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $13.68 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $13.68 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $13.78 ↑ +39%
Molina Molina Ohio $13.81 ↑ +40%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $16.56 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $17.53 ↑ +77%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $18.00 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $19.20 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $19.20 ↑ +94%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $19.20 ↑ +94%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $19.20 ↑ +94%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $38.52 ↑ +290%

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Assay of chloramphenicol at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $45.60 $10.41 – $64.60
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $8.74 $8.36 – $19.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $45.60 $12.00 – $108.42
UPMC Hanover Hanover $45.60 $12.00 – $20.27
UPMC Lititz Lititz $45.60 $12.00 – $20.27
UPMC Memorial York $45.60 $12.00 – $91.66
UPMC Somerset Somerset $45.60 $12.52 – $16.68

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