Esophagoscopy flex dx brush 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

$59.54

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.

$229.00

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.

$68.14 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
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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 Caritas D-SNP Medicare $68.14 ↑ +14%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $68.14 ↑ +14%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $71.10 ↑ +19%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $76.45 ↑ +28%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $78.74 ↑ +32%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $81.04 ↑ +36%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $81.04 ↑ +36%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $84.10 ↑ +41%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $85.67 ↑ +44%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $94.11 ↑ +58%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $94.11 ↑ +58%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $94.11 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $94.11 ↑ +58%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $94.11 ↑ +58%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $98.67 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $104.38 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $104.38 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $104.38 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $104.38 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $104.38 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $104.38 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $104.38 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $104.38 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $104.38 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $104.38 ↑ +75%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $130.24 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $153.10 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $161.41 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $161.41 ↑ +171%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $829.80 ↑ +1294%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $829.80 ↑ +1294%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $838.81 ↑ +1309%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $901.95 ↑ +1415%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $938.03 ↑ +1475%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $938.03 ↑ +1475%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $938.03 ↑ +1475%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $938.03 ↑ +1475%
Humana Humana Commercial $956.07 ↑ +1506%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $956.07 ↑ +1506%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $965.09 ↑ +1521%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $965.09 ↑ +1521%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $974.11 ↑ +1536%
Molina Molina Ohio $983.13 ↑ +1551%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +1699%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +1855%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +1985%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +2050%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +2050%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,471.26 ↑ +2371%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $2,741.93 ↑ +4505%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $2,992.72 ↑ +4926%

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Esophagoscopy flex dx brush at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,428.80 $249.74 – $3,643.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,381.60 $131.14 – $1,300.05
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $580.80 $132.39 – $983.24
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,526.20 $249.74 – $993.28
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,959.80 $132.39 – $983.24
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,238.80 $132.39 – $983.24
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,264.00 $249.74 – $993.28

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