Remove thyroid duct lesion 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

$436.28

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.

$1,678.00

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.

$64.05 with Amerihealth vs $18,623.45 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 $64.05 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $64.05 ↓ -85%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $80.52 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $88.45 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $88.45 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $88.45 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $88.45 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $88.45 ↓ -80%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $640.45 ↑ +47%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $677.49 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $677.49 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $677.49 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $677.49 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $677.49 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $677.49 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $677.49 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $677.49 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $677.49 ↑ +55%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $677.49 ↑ +55%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $952.76 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,067.10 ↑ +145%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,125.03 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,125.03 ↑ +158%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +185%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +193%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $5,163.75 ↑ +1084%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $5,163.75 ↑ +1084%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $5,219.88 ↑ +1096%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $5,612.77 ↑ +1187%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $5,612.77 ↑ +1187%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $5,612.77 ↑ +1187%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5,781.15 ↑ +1225%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $5,837.28 ↑ +1238%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $5,837.28 ↑ +1238%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $5,837.28 ↑ +1238%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $5,837.28 ↑ +1238%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $5,837.28 ↑ +1238%
Humana Humana Commercial $5,949.54 ↑ +1264%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $5,949.54 ↑ +1264%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $6,005.66 ↑ +1277%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $6,005.66 ↑ +1277%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $6,061.79 ↑ +1289%
Molina Molina Ohio $6,117.92 ↑ +1302%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $9,155.55 ↑ +1999%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $17,062.82 ↑ +3811%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $18,623.45 ↑ +4169%

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