Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$110.26

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.

$149.00

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.

$4.00 with Jefferson Health Plans vs $125.29 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
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $4.00 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $4.00 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $4.00 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $5.52 ↓ -95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $6.00 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $6.40 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $6.40 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $6.40 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $6.40 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $12.60 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $12.60 ↓ -89%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $15.84 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $17.40 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $17.40 ↓ -84%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $21.55 ↓ -80%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $21.57 ↓ -80%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $25.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $25.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $25.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $25.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $25.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $25.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $25.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $25.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $25.72 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $25.72 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $30.76 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $32.49 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $32.49 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $34.74 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $34.74 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $35.12 ↓ -68%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $37.76 ↓ -66%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $37.76 ↓ -66%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $37.76 ↓ -66%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $38.89 ↓ -65%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $39.27 ↓ -64%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $39.27 ↓ -64%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $39.27 ↓ -64%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $39.27 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $39.27 ↓ -64%
Humana Humana Commercial $40.02 ↓ -64%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $40.02 ↓ -64%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $40.40 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $40.40 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $40.78 ↓ -63%
Molina Molina Ohio $41.16 ↓ -63%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $61.59 ↓ -44%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $114.79 ↑ +4%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $125.29 ↑ +14%

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $193.20 $4.00 – $257.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $8.65 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $78.60 $5.24 – $111.35
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $114.73 $4.00 – $107.52
UPMC Cole Coudersport $159.60 $16.80 – $212.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $85.80 $5.24 – $111.35
UPMC East Monroeville $108.60 $8.53 – $144.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $153.00 $14.02 – $80.77

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