Expl lap celiotomy w/wo bx 49000 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

$563.16

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.

$2,166.00

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.

$69.83 with Amerihealth vs $1,498.92 with United Healthcare — 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 $69.83 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $69.83 ↓ -88%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $87.78 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $96.43 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $96.43 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $96.43 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $96.43 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $96.43 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $106.40 ↓ -81%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $823.21 ↑ +46%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $870.80 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $870.80 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $870.80 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $870.80 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $870.80 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $870.80 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $870.80 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $870.80 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $870.80 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $870.80 ↑ +55%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,225.49 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,421.73 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,498.92 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,498.92 ↑ +166%

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Expl lap celiotomy w/wo bx 49000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $498.18 $55.82 – $2,249.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,378.80 $637.01 – $1,838.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,389.00 $1,967.75 – $1,967.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,482.60 $1,030.96 – $1,797.46
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,776.80 $1,040.78 – $1,962.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $7,111.20 $399.60 – $1,994.88
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,389.00 $726.88 – $784.96
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $6,630.60 $426.24 – $1,863.90

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