Knee arthroscopy/surgery 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

$395.98

Cash price

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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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$1,523.00

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.

$495.55 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 Medicare (NY) $495.55 ↑ +25%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $495.55 ↑ +25%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $622.97 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $671.58 ↑ +70%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $684.33 ↑ +73%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $684.33 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $684.33 ↑ +73%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $684.33 ↑ +73%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $684.33 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $710.41 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $710.41 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $710.41 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $710.41 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $710.41 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $710.41 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $710.41 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $710.41 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $710.41 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $710.41 ↑ +79%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $863.25 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $978.29 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,031.41 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,031.41 ↑ +160%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,286.16 ↑ +225%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,398.00 ↑ +253%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,491.20 ↑ +277%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,537.80 ↑ +288%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,537.80 ↑ +288%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $2,871.67 ↑ +625%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $2,871.67 ↑ +625%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $2,902.88 ↑ +633%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,121.38 ↑ +688%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3,121.38 ↑ +688%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,121.38 ↑ +688%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,215.02 ↑ +712%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,246.23 ↑ +720%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +720%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +720%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +720%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,246.23 ↑ +720%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,308.66 ↑ +736%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $3,308.66 ↑ +736%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3,339.88 ↑ +743%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,339.88 ↑ +743%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,371.09 ↑ +751%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,402.30 ↑ +759%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $5,091.59 ↑ +1186%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $9,488.99 ↑ +2296%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $10,356.89 ↑ +2516%

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Knee arthroscopy/surgery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $350.29 $44.18 – $8,887.94
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,045.80 $483.16 – $1,673.79
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $2,304.00 $3,171.41 – $7,389.39
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $836.96 – $3,340.82
UPMC East Monroeville not published $844.93 – $3,402.68
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $836.96 – $4,499.05
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata not published $10,638.00 – $10,638.00
WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital York PA 17403 not published $970.00 – $1,165.00

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