Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml 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

$145.20

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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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$181.50

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.

$40.31 with Blue_Cross vs $339.71 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

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 Capital_Cares_4_kids $40.31 ↓ -72%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $53.08 ↓ -63%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -63%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -63%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $54.45 ↓ -63%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $55.08 ↓ -62%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $57.58 ↓ -60%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $57.58 ↓ -60%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $62.59 ↓ -57%
Geisinger All_Plans $67.16 ↓ -54%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $86.21 ↓ -41%
Aetna All_Plans $121.79 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $135.18 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO_Plan $138.12 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO_Plan $141.95 ↓ -2%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $339.71 ↑ +134%

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $492.00 $33.51 – $329.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $797.40 $33.51 – $600.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $99.00 $0.14 – $64.72
UPMC Cole Coudersport $61.80 $21.34 – $61.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $99.00 $0.20 – $264.62
UPMC East Monroeville $1,898.40 $33.51 – $947.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,591.80 $33.51 – $144.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $952.80 $33.51 – $412.48

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