Removal of knee cartilage at AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL
12351 PERRY HIGHWAY, WEXFORD, PA · Ahn · · NPI 1588269898
$478.66
Cash price 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.
$1,841.00
Gross charge 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.
$76.61 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare | $76.61 | ↓ -84% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) | $76.61 | ↓ -84% |
| Pennsylvania Health and Wellness | PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC | $96.31 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid | $105.79 | ↓ -78% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger Medicaid HC | $105.79 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicaid | $105.79 | ↓ -78% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid | $105.79 | ↓ -78% |
| Geisinger | Geisinger CHIP | $105.79 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue | $684.76 | ↑ +43% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Direct Blue | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark Blue High Performance | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark Connect Blue | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark Indemnity | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark Managed Care | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Blue Access | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Indemnity | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Managed Care | $724.36 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna | Cigna Commercial | $1,036.76 | ↑ +117% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial | $1,171.32 | ↑ +145% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid | $1,234.91 | ↑ +158% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Commercial | $1,234.91 | ↑ +158% |
| Highmark Wholecare | Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC | $1,388.28 | ↑ +190% |
| Pennsylvania Health and Wellness | Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC | $1,509.00 | ↑ +215% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare CHIP | $1,609.60 | ↑ +236% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicaid HC | $1,659.90 | ↑ +247% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Medicaid CHC | $1,659.90 | ↑ +247% |
| Highmark | Highmark Complete Blue Medicare | $2,871.67 | ↑ +500% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO | $2,871.67 | ↑ +500% |
| Highmark | Highmark Freedom Blue | $2,902.88 | ↑ +506% |
| Life Pittsburgh | Life Pittsburgh Medicare | $3,121.38 | ↑ +552% |
| Martin's Point | Martin's Point | $3,121.38 | ↑ +552% |
| American Health Plans | American Health Plans Medicare | $3,121.38 | ↑ +552% |
| Devoted Medicare | Devoted Health Medicare Advantage | $3,215.02 | ↑ +572% |
| Highmark | Highmark Security Blue | $3,246.23 | ↑ +578% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue Medicare | $3,246.23 | ↑ +578% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare | $3,246.23 | ↑ +578% |
| Aetna | Aetna Medicare | $3,246.23 | ↑ +578% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO | $3,246.23 | ↑ +578% |
| Humana | Humana Commercial | $3,308.66 | ↑ +591% |
| Highmark Wholecare | Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured | $3,308.66 | ↑ +591% |
| Cigna | Cigna Medicare | $3,339.88 | ↑ +598% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP | $3,339.88 | ↑ +598% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP | $3,371.09 | ↑ +604% |
| Molina | Molina Ohio | $3,402.30 | ↑ +611% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced | $5,091.59 | ↑ +964% |
| Aetna | Aetna Commercial | $9,488.99 | ↑ +1882% |
| Medical Mutual | Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) | $10,356.89 | ↑ +2064% |
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| GROVE CITY HOSPITAL | GROVE CITY | $423.43 | $53.08 – $8,887.94 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $6,347.40 | $1,287.68 – $3,340.82 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | not published | $1,536.32 – $3,340.82 |