Remove cranial cavity fluid 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

$79.56

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.

$306.00

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.

$97.50 with Amerihealth vs $2,210.54 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 $97.50 ↑ +23%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $97.50 ↑ +23%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $122.58 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $125.58 ↑ +58%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $132.84 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $132.84 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $132.84 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $132.84 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $132.84 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $132.84 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $132.84 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $132.84 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $132.84 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $132.84 ↑ +67%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $134.65 ↑ +69%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $134.65 ↑ +69%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $134.65 ↑ +69%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $134.65 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $134.65 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $148.58 ↑ +87%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $172.32 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $195.54 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $206.15 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $206.15 ↑ +159%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $612.92 ↑ +670%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $612.92 ↑ +670%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $619.58 ↑ +679%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $666.22 ↑ +737%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $666.22 ↑ +737%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $666.22 ↑ +737%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $686.20 ↑ +762%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $692.87 ↑ +771%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $692.87 ↑ +771%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $692.87 ↑ +771%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $692.87 ↑ +771%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $692.87 ↑ +771%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $706.19 ↑ +788%
Humana Humana Commercial $706.19 ↑ +788%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $712.85 ↑ +796%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $712.85 ↑ +796%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $719.52 ↑ +804%
Molina Molina Ohio $726.18 ↑ +813%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,086.73 ↑ +1266%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $2,025.30 ↑ +2446%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $2,210.54 ↑ +2678%

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