Esophagoscp guide wire dilat 43196 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

$143.26

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.

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.

$551.00

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.

$166.95 with Amerihealth vs $6,055.25 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 $166.95 ↑ +17%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $166.95 ↑ +17%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $209.88 ↑ +47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $230.55 ↑ +61%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $230.55 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $230.55 ↑ +61%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $230.55 ↑ +61%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $230.55 ↑ +61%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $236.98 ↑ +65%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $250.69 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $250.69 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $250.69 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $250.69 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $250.69 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $250.69 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $250.69 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $250.69 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $250.69 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $250.69 ↑ +75%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $311.43 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $357.88 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $377.31 ↑ +163%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $377.31 ↑ +163%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +648%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +713%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +767%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +794%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +794%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,678.95 ↑ +1072%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,678.95 ↑ +1072%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,697.20 ↑ +1085%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,824.94 ↑ +1174%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,824.94 ↑ +1174%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,824.94 ↑ +1174%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,879.69 ↑ +1212%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,897.94 ↑ +1225%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,897.94 ↑ +1225%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $1,897.94 ↑ +1225%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,897.94 ↑ +1225%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,897.94 ↑ +1225%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,934.44 ↑ +1250%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $1,934.44 ↑ +1250%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $1,952.69 ↑ +1263%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,952.69 ↑ +1263%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,970.94 ↑ +1276%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,989.19 ↑ +1289%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $2,976.85 ↑ +1978%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $5,547.82 ↑ +3773%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $6,055.25 ↑ +4127%

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Esophagoscp guide wire dilat 43196 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $146.60 – $1,953.23
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $148.00 – $1,989.40

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