Acute hepatitis panel 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

$237.60

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.

$297.00

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.

$47.63 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $472.64 with Blue_Cross — 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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $47.63 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $48.11 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $48.11 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $49.06 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $49.06 ↓ -79%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $50.01 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $50.01 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $50.25 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $50.96 ↓ -79%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $51.44 ↓ -78%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $51.44 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $52.66 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $61.92 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $61.92 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $65.83 ↓ -72%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $65.83 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $65.83 ↓ -72%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $65.83 ↓ -72%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $65.83 ↓ -72%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $69.54 ↓ -71%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $71.93 ↓ -70%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $78.59 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $83.35 ↓ -65%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $142.89 ↓ -40%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $161.94 ↓ -32%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $178.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $196.66 ↓ -17%
Aetna PPO_Plan $196.71 ↓ -17%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $211.87 ↓ -11%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $211.87 ↓ -11%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $211.87 ↓ -11%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $211.87 ↓ -11%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $211.87 ↓ -11%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $211.87 ↓ -11%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $213.84 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $219.78 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $221.21 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $232.28 ↓ -2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $282.15 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $330.85 ↑ +39%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $472.64 ↑ +99%

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Acute hepatitis panel at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $241.20 $47.07 – $321.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $291.00 $17.18 – $436.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $310.20 $12.86 – $439.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $447.00 $30.96 – $596.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $310.20 $47.15 – $385.90
UPMC East Monroeville $976.80 $47.07 – $1,302.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $721.20 $47.07 – $126.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.00 $43.20 – $60.56

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