Esophagosc flex trnsn biopsy 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

$71.24

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$274.00

Gross charge

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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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$81.17 with Amerihealth vs $2,992.72 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

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

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 Caritas D-SNP Medicare $81.17 ↑ +14%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $81.17 ↑ +14%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $85.03 ↑ +19%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $91.43 ↑ +28%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $94.17 ↑ +32%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $96.92 ↑ +36%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $96.92 ↑ +36%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $100.57 ↑ +41%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $102.04 ↑ +43%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $112.09 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $112.09 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $112.09 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $112.09 ↑ +57%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $112.09 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $117.68 ↑ +65%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $124.49 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $124.49 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $124.49 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $124.49 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $124.49 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $124.49 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $124.49 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $124.49 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $124.49 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $124.49 ↑ +75%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $155.36 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $182.43 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $192.34 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $192.34 ↑ +170%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $829.80 ↑ +1065%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $829.80 ↑ +1065%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $838.81 ↑ +1077%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $901.95 ↑ +1166%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $938.03 ↑ +1217%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $938.03 ↑ +1217%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $938.03 ↑ +1217%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $938.03 ↑ +1217%
Humana Humana Commercial $956.07 ↑ +1242%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $956.07 ↑ +1242%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $965.09 ↑ +1255%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $965.09 ↑ +1255%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $974.11 ↑ +1267%
Molina Molina Ohio $983.13 ↑ +1280%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +1403%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +1534%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +1643%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +1697%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +1697%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,471.26 ↑ +1965%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $2,741.93 ↑ +3749%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $2,992.72 ↑ +4101%

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Esophagosc flex trnsn biopsy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,014.60 $279.43 – $1,521.90
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,776.80 $146.72 – $1,300.05
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $736.20 $148.11 – $983.24
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,055.20 $148.11 – $983.24
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,264.00 $279.43 – $993.28

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