Heparin assay 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

$82.88

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.

$112.00

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.

$6.34 with Highmark vs $39.79 with Aetna — 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
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $6.34 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $6.53 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $6.53 ↓ -92%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $6.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $8.64 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $9.01 ↓ -89%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $9.80 ↓ -88%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $10.08 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $10.45 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $10.45 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $10.45 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $10.45 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $12.04 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $12.04 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $12.17 ↓ -85%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $12.59 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $13.09 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $13.09 ↓ -84%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $13.09 ↓ -84%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $13.09 ↓ -84%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $13.48 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $13.52 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $13.61 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $13.61 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $13.61 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $13.61 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $13.61 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $13.74 ↓ -83%
Humana Humana Commercial $13.88 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $13.88 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $14.01 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $14.14 ↓ -83%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $14.14 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $14.24 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $14.27 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $18.11 ↓ -78%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $39.79 ↓ -52%

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Heparin assay at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $28.80 $6.53 – $38.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $88.20 $4.72 – $132.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $66.60 $6.53 – $94.35
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $86.24 $6.53 – $14.27
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $66.60 $6.53 – $94.35
UPMC East Monroeville $111.60 $6.53 – $148.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $89.40 $6.53 – $14.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $75.60 $7.18 – $13.74

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