Cytopath c/v manual 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

$14.04

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.

$54.00

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.

$6.20 with Amerihealth vs $55.30 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $6.20 ↓ -56%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $6.20 ↓ -56%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $6.20 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $8.56 ↓ -39%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $8.81 ↓ -37%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $9.30 ↓ -34%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $9.92 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $9.92 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $9.92 ↓ -29%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $9.92 ↓ -29%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $12.00 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $12.00 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $12.00 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $12.00 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $12.00 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $12.00 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $12.00 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $12.00 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $12.00 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $12.00 ↓ -15%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $14.01 ↓ -0%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $16.73 ↑ +19%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $16.73 ↑ +19%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $16.92 ↑ +21%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $17.00 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $18.19 ↑ +30%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $18.19 ↑ +30%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $18.19 ↑ +30%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $18.19 ↑ +30%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $18.74 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $18.92 ↑ +35%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $18.92 ↑ +35%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $18.92 ↑ +35%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $18.92 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $18.92 ↑ +35%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $19.10 ↑ +36%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $19.28 ↑ +37%
Humana Humana Commercial $19.28 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $19.46 ↑ +39%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $19.65 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $19.65 ↑ +40%
Molina Molina Ohio $19.83 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $20.23 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $21.36 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $25.16 ↑ +79%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $55.30 ↑ +294%

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Cytopath c/v manual at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $30.60 $6.20 – $45.90
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $12.42 $6.20 – $19.83
UPMC Northwest Seneca $30.60 $6.82 – $19.10
UPMC Hanover Hanover $55.20 $6.20 – $29.10
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $30.60 $6.20 – $34.13
UPMC Kane Kane $82.20 $6.82 – $74.71
UPMC Lititz Lititz $55.20 $6.20 – $29.10
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $32.40 $6.82 – $28.30

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