Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext 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

$9,923.40

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.

$13,410.00

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.

$224.85 with Highmark vs $11,264.87 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
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $224.85 ↓ -98%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $241.77 ↓ -98%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $249.02 ↓ -97%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $256.28 ↓ -97%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $256.28 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $262.16 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $262.16 ↓ -97%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $265.95 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $272.26 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $288.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $288.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $288.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $288.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $288.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $288.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $288.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $288.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $288.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $288.00 ↓ -97%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $329.58 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $344.56 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $362.04 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $362.04 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $362.04 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $362.04 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $362.04 ↓ -96%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $374.52 ↓ -96%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $410.30 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $411.97 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $411.97 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $494.01 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $520.83 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $520.83 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,123.42 ↓ -69%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,123.42 ↓ -69%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,157.37 ↓ -68%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3,395.03 ↓ -66%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,530.83 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $3,530.83 ↓ -64%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,530.83 ↓ -64%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,530.83 ↓ -64%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,598.73 ↓ -64%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $3,598.73 ↓ -64%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3,632.68 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,632.68 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,666.63 ↓ -63%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,700.58 ↓ -63%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $5,537.97 ↓ -44%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $10,320.88 ↑ +4%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $11,264.87 ↑ +14%

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Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,482.60 $249.68 – $5,976.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $7,503.60 $317.09 – $10,630.10
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $7,503.60 $337.07 – $10,630.10
UPMC East Monroeville $5,997.60 $274.65 – $7,996.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $5,472.00 $274.65 – $4,893.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover $7,503.60 $317.09 – $5,394.10
UPMC Lititz Lititz $7,503.60 $317.09 – $5,423.23
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,039.80 $274.65 – $3,633.70

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