Assay of sialic acid at AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL
12351 PERRY HIGHWAY, WEXFORD, PA · Ahn · · NPI 1588269898
$10.40
Cash price 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.
$40.00
Gross charge 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.
$6.51 with Highmark vs $40.86 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue | $6.51 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark | Highmark Connect Blue | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Blue Access | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | Highmark Managed Care | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | Highmark Blue High Performance | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | Highmark Indemnity | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Managed Care | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Indemnity | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Direct Blue | $8.87 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Cigna Medicare | $10.35 | ↓ -0% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO | $12.36 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark | Highmark Complete Blue Medicare | $12.36 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark | Highmark Freedom Blue | $12.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Cigna Commercial | $12.90 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Commercial | $13.44 | ↑ +29% |
| American Health Plans | American Health Plans Medicare | $13.44 | ↑ +29% |
| Life Pittsburgh | Life Pittsburgh Medicare | $13.44 | ↑ +29% |
| Martin's Point | Martin's Point | $13.44 | ↑ +29% |
| Devoted Medicare | Devoted Health Medicare Advantage | $13.84 | ↑ +33% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial | $13.88 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue Medicare | $13.98 | ↑ +34% |
| Highmark | Highmark Security Blue | $13.98 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Aetna Medicare | $13.98 | ↑ +34% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare | $13.98 | ↑ +34% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO | $13.98 | ↑ +34% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicaid CHC | $14.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Jefferson Health Plans | Jefferson Health Plans | $14.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicaid HC | $14.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare | $14.11 | ↑ +36% |
| Humana | Humana Commercial | $14.25 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark Wholecare | Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured | $14.25 | ↑ +37% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP | $14.38 | ↑ +38% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP | $14.52 | ↑ +40% |
| Medical Mutual | Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) | $14.52 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid | $14.62 | ↑ +41% |
| Molina | Molina Ohio | $14.65 | ↑ +41% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced | $18.59 | ↑ +79% |
| Highmark Wholecare | Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC | $19.32 | ↑ +86% |
| Pennsylvania Health and Wellness | Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC | $21.00 | ↑ +102% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicaid | $22.40 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare CHIP | $22.40 | ↑ +115% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger Medicaid HC | $22.40 | ↑ +115% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger CHIP | $22.40 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Aetna Commercial | $40.86 | ↑ +293% |
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Assay of sialic acid at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $188.40 | $13.29 – $251.20 |
| GROVE CITY HOSPITAL | GROVE CITY | $9.20 | $8.87 – $22.40 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $158.40 | $13.29 – $211.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $210.00 | $13.29 – $36.49 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $229.20 | $12.19 – $16.10 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $138.60 | $12.03 – $25.22 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $138.60 | $13.29 – $37.13 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $148.20 | $12.58 – $36.84 |