Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm 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

$3.76

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.

$14.46

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.

$15.26 with Highmark vs $95.76 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 $15.26 ↑ +306%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $16.24 ↑ +332%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $17.08 ↑ +354%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $17.08 ↑ +354%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $24.00 ↑ +538%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $24.00 ↑ +538%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $25.99 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $28.98 ↑ +671%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $28.98 ↑ +671%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $29.30 ↑ +679%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $31.50 ↑ +738%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $31.50 ↑ +738%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $31.50 ↑ +738%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $32.45 ↑ +763%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $32.76 ↑ +771%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $32.76 ↑ +771%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $32.76 ↑ +771%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $32.76 ↑ +771%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $32.76 ↑ +771%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $33.08 ↑ +780%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $33.39 ↑ +788%
Humana Humana Commercial $33.39 ↑ +788%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $33.70 ↑ +796%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $33.70 ↑ +796%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $34.02 ↑ +805%
Molina Molina Ohio $34.34 ↑ +813%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $43.58 ↑ +1059%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $57.65 ↑ +1433%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $57.65 ↑ +1433%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $95.76 ↑ +2447%

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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $62.40 $19.76 – $126.17
UPMC East Monroeville $25.80 $2.47 – $126.17
UPMC Hamot Erie $86.40 $33.85 – $48.29
UPMC Northwest Seneca $223.20 $48.29 – $152.67
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $75.60 $48.29 – $126.17
UPMC Jameson New Castle $42.60 $15.17 – $126.17
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $70.80 $16.69 – $126.17
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $75.60 $16.69 – $126.17

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