Fusion of knuckle joint 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

$539.24

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.

$2,074.00

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.

$470.40 with Amerihealth vs $10,356.89 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 $470.40 ↓ -13%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $470.40 ↓ -13%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $591.36 ↑ +10%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $649.60 ↑ +20%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $649.60 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $649.60 ↑ +20%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $649.60 ↑ +20%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $649.60 ↑ +20%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $785.52 ↑ +46%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $830.94 ↑ +54%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +99%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +116%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,179.81 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +130%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +137%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,288.75 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,358.72 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,358.72 ↑ +152%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $2,871.67 ↑ +433%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $2,871.67 ↑ +433%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $2,902.88 ↑ +438%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,121.38 ↑ +479%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3,121.38 ↑ +479%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,121.38 ↑ +479%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,215.02 ↑ +496%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,246.23 ↑ +502%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +502%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +502%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +502%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,246.23 ↑ +502%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,308.66 ↑ +514%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $3,308.66 ↑ +514%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3,339.88 ↑ +519%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,339.88 ↑ +519%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,371.09 ↑ +525%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,402.30 ↑ +531%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $5,091.59 ↑ +844%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $9,488.99 ↑ +1660%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $10,356.89 ↑ +1821%

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Fusion of knuckle joint at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $477.02 $60.91 – $8,887.94
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $444.00 – $3,402.68
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital Gettysburg not published $970.00 – $1,101.92

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