Remove spine fixation device 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

$543.66

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.

$2,091.00

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.

$341.25 with Amerihealth vs $1,403.96 with United Healthcare — 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 $341.25 ↓ -37%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $341.25 ↓ -37%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $429.00 ↓ -21%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $471.25 ↓ -13%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $471.25 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $471.25 ↓ -13%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $471.25 ↓ -13%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $471.25 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $520.00 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $777.54 ↑ +43%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $822.49 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $822.49 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $822.49 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $822.49 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $822.49 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $822.49 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $822.49 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $822.49 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $822.49 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $822.49 ↑ +51%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,177.95 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,331.66 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,403.96 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,403.96 ↑ +158%

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