Cholinesterase challenge 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

$20.54

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.

$79.00

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.

$24.39 with Highmark vs $994.00 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 Community Blue Medicare $24.39 ↑ +19%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $26.23 ↑ +28%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $27.02 ↑ +32%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $27.80 ↑ +35%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $27.80 ↑ +35%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $28.85 ↑ +40%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $32.25 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $34.12 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $34.12 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $34.12 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $34.12 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $34.12 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $34.12 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $34.12 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $34.12 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $34.12 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $34.12 ↑ +66%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $44.87 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $54.75 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $57.72 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $57.72 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $273.34 ↑ +1231%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $273.34 ↑ +1231%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $275.61 ↑ +1242%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $275.61 ↑ +1242%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $278.60 ↑ +1256%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $299.57 ↑ +1358%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $311.56 ↑ +1417%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $311.56 ↑ +1417%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $311.56 ↑ +1417%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $311.56 ↑ +1417%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $314.55 ↑ +1431%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $317.55 ↑ +1446%
Humana Humana Commercial $317.55 ↑ +1446%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $320.54 ↑ +1461%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $320.54 ↑ +1461%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $323.54 ↑ +1475%
Molina Molina Ohio $326.53 ↑ +1490%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $488.66 ↑ +2279%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $910.70 ↑ +4334%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $994.00 ↑ +4739%

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Cholinesterase challenge at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $18.17 $23.07 – $853.02
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $372.00 $20.84 – $434.70

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