Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital

112 N. 7th St., Chambersburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1902804552

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$940.80

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.

$1,176.00

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.

$68.16 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $4,311.92 with Highmark — 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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $68.16 ↓ -93%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $68.16 ↓ -93%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $68.16 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $68.16 ↓ -93%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $68.16 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $77.43 ↓ -92%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $705.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $789.10 ↓ -16%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $846.72 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $870.24 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $875.88 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO_Plan $894.94 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO_Plan $919.75 ↓ -2%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $969.34 ↑ +3%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $969.34 ↑ +3%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $979.03 ↑ +4%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $979.03 ↑ +4%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $998.42 ↑ +6%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $998.42 ↑ +6%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $1,017.81 ↑ +8%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $1,017.81 ↑ +8%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $1,022.65 ↑ +9%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $1,037.19 ↑ +10%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $1,046.89 ↑ +11%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $1,046.89 ↑ +11%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,104.26 ↑ +17%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,117.20 ↑ +19%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $1,260.14 ↑ +34%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $1,260.14 ↑ +34%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,463.80 ↑ +56%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,599.41 ↑ +70%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $3,295.76 ↑ +250%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $4,311.92 ↑ +358%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $4,311.92 ↑ +358%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $4,311.92 ↑ +358%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $4,311.92 ↑ +358%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $4,311.92 ↑ +358%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $4,311.92 ↑ +358%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,927.80 $54.53 – $2,570.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,550.40 $57.26 – $2,325.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,641.00 $69.25 – $2,324.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $153.00 $57.26 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,641.00 $69.25 – $2,324.75
UPMC East Monroeville $2,243.40 $59.98 – $2,991.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,052.60 $59.98 – $1,300.05
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,550.40 $52.38 – $938.54

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