Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min 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

$57.72

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.

$78.00

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.

$21.62 with Highmark vs $49.33 with United Healthcare — 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 Community Blue Medicare $21.62 ↓ -63%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $23.25 ↓ -60%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $23.95 ↓ -59%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $24.65 ↓ -57%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $24.65 ↓ -57%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $25.58 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $25.72 ↓ -55%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $27.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $27.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $27.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $27.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $27.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $27.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $27.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $27.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $27.20 ↓ -53%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $27.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $39.31 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $46.79 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $49.33 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $49.33 ↓ -15%

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Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $60.06 $20.32 – $46.79
UPMC Cole Coudersport $50.40 $16.40 – $67.20
UPMC East Monroeville $52.20 $9.53 – $69.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $52.20 $9.44 – $24.77
UPMC Northwest Seneca $52.20 $24.51 – $24.77
UPMC Jameson New Castle $52.20 $9.61 – $85.00
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $52.20 $9.53 – $24.77
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $52.20 $9.53 – $25.01

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