Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) 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

$108.78

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.

$147.00

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.

$8.37 with Highmark vs $52.50 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 $8.37 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $11.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $11.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $11.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $11.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $11.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $11.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $11.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $11.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $11.40 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $11.40 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $13.30 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $15.89 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $15.89 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $16.06 ↓ -85%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $16.68 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $16.85 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $16.85 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $17.27 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $17.27 ↓ -84%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $17.27 ↓ -84%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $17.27 ↓ -84%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $17.79 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $17.84 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $17.96 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $17.96 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $17.96 ↓ -83%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $17.96 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $17.96 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $18.13 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $18.31 ↓ -83%
Humana Humana Commercial $18.31 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $18.48 ↓ -83%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $18.65 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $18.65 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $18.79 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $18.82 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $23.89 ↓ -78%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $52.50 ↓ -52%

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $136.80 $7.32 – $182.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $6.23 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $87.60 $9.50 – $124.10
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $113.19 $11.40 – $18.82
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $87.60 $13.79 – $124.10
UPMC East Monroeville $194.40 $7.39 – $259.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $271.20 $7.32 – $18.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $15.66 – $18.65

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