Esoph balloon distension tst 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

$35.10

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.

$135.00

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.

$51.67 with Highmark vs $1,693.69 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 Together Blue $51.67 ↑ +47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $51.85 ↑ +48%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $51.85 ↑ +48%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $54.66 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $54.66 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $54.66 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $54.66 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $54.66 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $54.66 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $54.66 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $54.66 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $54.66 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $54.66 ↑ +56%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $65.18 ↑ +86%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $71.60 ↑ +104%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $71.60 ↑ +104%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $71.60 ↑ +104%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $71.60 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $71.60 ↑ +104%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $77.67 ↑ +121%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $93.21 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $98.27 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $98.27 ↑ +180%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $387.26 ↑ +1003%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $420.93 ↑ +1099%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $448.99 ↑ +1179%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $463.02 ↑ +1219%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $463.02 ↑ +1219%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $469.61 ↑ +1238%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $469.61 ↑ +1238%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $474.72 ↑ +1252%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $510.45 ↑ +1354%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $510.45 ↑ +1354%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $510.45 ↑ +1354%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $525.76 ↑ +1398%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $530.87 ↑ +1412%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $530.87 ↑ +1412%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $530.87 ↑ +1412%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $530.87 ↑ +1412%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $530.87 ↑ +1412%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $541.07 ↑ +1442%
Humana Humana Commercial $541.07 ↑ +1442%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $546.18 ↑ +1456%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $546.18 ↑ +1456%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $551.28 ↑ +1471%
Molina Molina Ohio $556.39 ↑ +1485%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $832.64 ↑ +2272%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $1,551.76 ↑ +4321%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $1,693.69 ↑ +4725%

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Esoph balloon distension tst at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,296.60 $293.86 – $927.25

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