Esophageal recording 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

$41.86

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.

$161.00

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.

$20.58 with Highmark vs $3,875.09 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 $20.58 ↓ -51%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $22.22 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $22.22 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $22.22 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $22.22 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $22.22 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $22.22 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $22.22 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $22.22 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $22.22 ↓ -47%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $22.22 ↓ -47%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $29.00 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $40.27 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $42.46 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $42.46 ↑ +1%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $66.15 ↑ +58%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $66.15 ↑ +58%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $83.16 ↑ +99%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $86.94 ↑ +108%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $91.35 ↑ +118%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $91.35 ↑ +118%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $91.35 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $91.35 ↑ +118%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $91.35 ↑ +118%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $94.50 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $100.80 ↑ +141%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $103.95 ↑ +148%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $103.95 ↑ +148%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,074.45 ↑ +2467%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,074.45 ↑ +2467%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,086.13 ↑ +2495%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,167.88 ↑ +2690%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,167.88 ↑ +2690%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,167.88 ↑ +2690%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,202.92 ↑ +2774%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,214.60 ↑ +2802%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,214.60 ↑ +2802%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $1,214.60 ↑ +2802%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,214.60 ↑ +2802%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,214.60 ↑ +2802%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,237.96 ↑ +2857%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $1,237.96 ↑ +2857%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $1,249.63 ↑ +2885%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,249.63 ↑ +2885%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,261.31 ↑ +2913%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,272.99 ↑ +2941%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,905.05 ↑ +4451%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $3,550.36 ↑ +8382%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $3,875.09 ↑ +9157%

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