Mediastinoscpy w/lmph nod bx 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

$290.94

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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$1,119.00

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.

$348.74 with Amerihealth vs $18,623.45 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 $348.74 ↑ +20%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $348.74 ↑ +20%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $438.41 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $449.93 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $475.95 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $475.95 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $475.95 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $475.95 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $475.95 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $475.95 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $475.95 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $475.95 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $475.95 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $475.95 ↑ +64%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $481.59 ↑ +66%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $481.59 ↑ +66%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $481.59 ↑ +66%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $481.59 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $481.59 ↑ +66%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $633.95 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $745.14 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $785.60 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $785.60 ↑ +170%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +268%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +300%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +327%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +340%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +340%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $5,163.75 ↑ +1675%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $5,163.75 ↑ +1675%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $5,219.88 ↑ +1694%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $5,612.77 ↑ +1829%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $5,612.77 ↑ +1829%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $5,612.77 ↑ +1829%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5,781.15 ↑ +1887%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $5,837.28 ↑ +1906%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $5,837.28 ↑ +1906%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $5,837.28 ↑ +1906%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $5,837.28 ↑ +1906%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $5,837.28 ↑ +1906%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $5,949.54 ↑ +1945%
Humana Humana Commercial $5,949.54 ↑ +1945%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $6,005.66 ↑ +1964%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $6,005.66 ↑ +1964%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $6,061.79 ↑ +1984%
Molina Molina Ohio $6,117.92 ↑ +2003%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $9,155.55 ↑ +3047%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $17,062.82 ↑ +5765%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $18,623.45 ↑ +6301%

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Mediastinoscpy w/lmph nod bx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
GROVE CITY HOSPITAL GROVE CITY $257.37 $318.92 – $15,982.03
UPMC East Monroeville not published $292.88 – $6,118.60
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $290.12 – $8,090.06
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $292.88 – $6,118.60
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg not published $970.00 – $26,832.77

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