Bx spinal cord pq ndl 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

$189.02

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.

$727.00

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.

$265.78 with Highmark vs $5,171.86 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 Together Blue $265.78 ↑ +41%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $281.15 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $281.15 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $281.15 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $281.15 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $281.15 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $281.15 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $281.15 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $281.15 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $281.15 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $281.15 ↑ +49%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $409.34 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $488.11 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $514.61 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $514.61 ↑ +172%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,434.01 ↑ +659%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,434.01 ↑ +659%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,449.59 ↑ +667%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,463.57 ↑ +674%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $1,463.57 ↑ +674%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,558.70 ↑ +725%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,558.70 ↑ +725%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,558.70 ↑ +725%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,605.46 ↑ +749%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,621.05 ↑ +758%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,621.05 ↑ +758%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,621.05 ↑ +758%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,621.05 ↑ +758%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $1,621.05 ↑ +758%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $1,636.64 ↑ +766%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $1,652.23 ↑ +774%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,652.23 ↑ +774%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,667.81 ↑ +782%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $1,667.81 ↑ +782%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,683.40 ↑ +791%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,698.99 ↑ +799%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $2,542.56 ↑ +1245%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $4,738.46 ↑ +2407%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $5,171.86 ↑ +2636%

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Bx spinal cord pq ndl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,080.80 $475.12 – $2,947.80
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $167.21 $209.94 – $4,438.31
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,080.80 $693.60 – $2,947.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,080.80 $1,198.30 – $2,476.51
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,080.80 $1,198.30 – $2,489.89
UPMC Memorial York $2,080.80 $444.23 – $2,485.84
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,080.80 $539.52 – $1,668.12

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