Assay of urine sulfate 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

$34.78

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.

$47.00

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.

$2.66 with Highmark vs $16.69 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 $2.66 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $3.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $3.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $3.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $3.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $3.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $3.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $3.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $3.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $3.62 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $3.62 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $4.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $5.05 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $5.05 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $5.11 ↓ -85%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $5.35 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $5.36 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $5.36 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $5.49 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $5.49 ↓ -84%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $5.49 ↓ -84%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $5.49 ↓ -84%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.65 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $5.67 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $5.71 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $5.71 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $5.71 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $5.71 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $5.71 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $5.76 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $5.82 ↓ -83%
Humana Humana Commercial $5.82 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $5.87 ↓ -83%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $5.93 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $5.93 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $5.97 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $5.98 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $7.59 ↓ -78%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $16.69 ↓ -52%

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Assay of urine sulfate at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $35.40 $5.43 – $47.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $80.40 $1.98 – $120.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $27.60 $3.02 – $39.10
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $36.19 $3.62 – $5.98
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $27.60 $4.39 – $28.05
UPMC East Monroeville $99.60 $5.43 – $132.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $72.60 $5.43 – $12.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $43.80 $4.98 – $5.93

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