Incision of windpipe 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

$326.56

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.

$1,256.00

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.

$39.52 with Amerihealth vs $18,882.97 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 $39.52 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $39.52 ↓ -88%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $49.68 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $54.58 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $54.58 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $54.58 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $54.58 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $54.58 ↓ -83%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $518.74 ↑ +59%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $548.74 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $548.74 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $548.74 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $548.74 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $548.74 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $548.74 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $548.74 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $548.74 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $548.74 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $548.74 ↑ +68%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $714.37 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $823.08 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $867.77 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $867.77 ↑ +166%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +228%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +256%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +280%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +292%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +292%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $5,235.70 ↑ +1503%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $5,235.70 ↑ +1503%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $5,292.61 ↑ +1521%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $5,690.98 ↑ +1643%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $5,690.98 ↑ +1643%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $5,690.98 ↑ +1643%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5,861.71 ↑ +1695%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $5,918.62 ↑ +1712%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $5,918.62 ↑ +1712%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $5,918.62 ↑ +1712%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $5,918.62 ↑ +1712%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $5,918.62 ↑ +1712%
Humana Humana Commercial $6,032.44 ↑ +1747%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $6,032.44 ↑ +1747%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $6,089.35 ↑ +1765%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $6,089.35 ↑ +1765%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $6,146.26 ↑ +1782%
Molina Molina Ohio $6,203.17 ↑ +1800%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $9,283.13 ↑ +2743%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $17,300.59 ↑ +5198%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $18,882.97 ↑ +5682%

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