Mayo rbcme osmotic fragility rbc incubated 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

$84.36

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.

$114.00

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.

$6.47 with Highmark vs $40.61 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 $6.47 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $8.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $8.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $8.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $8.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $8.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $8.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $8.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $8.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $8.82 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $8.82 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $10.29 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $12.00 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $12.00 ↓ -86%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $12.00 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $12.29 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $12.29 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $12.42 ↓ -85%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $12.90 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $13.36 ↓ -84%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $13.36 ↓ -84%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $13.36 ↓ -84%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $13.36 ↓ -84%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $13.76 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $13.80 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $13.89 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $13.89 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $13.89 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $13.89 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $13.89 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $14.03 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $14.16 ↓ -83%
Humana Humana Commercial $14.16 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $14.30 ↓ -83%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $14.43 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $14.43 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $14.54 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $14.56 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $16.56 ↓ -80%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $18.00 ↓ -79%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $18.48 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $19.20 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $19.20 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $19.20 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $19.20 ↓ -77%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $40.61 ↓ -52%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $82.20 $12.00 – $109.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $222.00 $4.82 – $333.00
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $9.20 $8.82 – $19.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $222.00 $12.00 – $36.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $223.80 $12.12 – $14.43
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $222.00 $11.96 – $25.07
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $133.20 $12.50 – $36.65
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $135.00 $11.14 – $36.30

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