Remove spine eltrd plate 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

$627.90

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.

$2,415.00

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.

$91.63 with Amerihealth vs $10,977.42 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 $91.63 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $91.63 ↓ -85%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $115.20 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $126.54 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $126.54 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $126.54 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $126.54 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $126.54 ↓ -80%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $998.09 ↑ +59%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $1,055.79 ↑ +68%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +71%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +98%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +104%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +104%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,366.29 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,533.62 ↑ +144%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,616.88 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,616.88 ↑ +158%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,043.72 ↑ +385%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,043.72 ↑ +385%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,076.81 ↑ +390%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,308.40 ↑ +427%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $3,308.40 ↑ +427%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,308.40 ↑ +427%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,407.65 ↑ +443%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,440.73 ↑ +448%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,440.73 ↑ +448%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $3,440.73 ↑ +448%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,440.73 ↑ +448%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,440.73 ↑ +448%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,506.90 ↑ +459%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $3,506.90 ↑ +459%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3,539.98 ↑ +464%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,539.98 ↑ +464%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,573.07 ↑ +469%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,606.15 ↑ +474%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $5,396.66 ↑ +759%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $10,057.53 ↑ +1502%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $10,977.42 ↑ +1648%

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