Inj proc myelogram lumbar 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

$1,833.72

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.

$2,478.00

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.

$71.69 with Highmark vs $953.60 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
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $71.69 ↓ -96%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $77.09 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $79.40 ↓ -96%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $81.72 ↓ -96%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $81.72 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $83.52 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $83.52 ↓ -95%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $84.80 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $93.93 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $99.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $99.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $99.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $99.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $99.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $99.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $99.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $99.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $99.36 ↓ -95%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $99.36 ↓ -95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $104.99 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $109.77 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $115.33 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $115.33 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $115.33 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $115.33 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $115.33 ↓ -94%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $119.31 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $131.24 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $131.24 ↓ -93%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $131.34 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $159.18 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $167.83 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $167.83 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $953.60 ↓ -48%

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Inj proc myelogram lumbar at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $922.80 $79.54 – $1,230.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $518.40 $101.02 – $9,539.00
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $1,908.06 $67.23 – $131.34
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $518.40 $107.38 – $1,381.10
UPMC Hanover Hanover $518.40 $101.02 – $780.76
UPMC Kane Kane $307.20 $87.49 – $796.30
UPMC Lititz Lititz $518.40 $72.66 – $780.76
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,068.00 $79.93 – $448.22

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