Assay alkaline phosphatase at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
112 N. 7th St., Chambersburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1902804552
$34.40
Cash price 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.
$43.00
Gross charge 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.
$6.20 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $72.45 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $6.20 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $7.74 | ↓ -78% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $8.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $8.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $8.51 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $8.51 | ↓ -75% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $8.67 | ↓ -75% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $8.67 | ↓ -75% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $8.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $8.84 | ↓ -74% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $8.92 | ↓ -74% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $8.92 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $10.66 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $10.74 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $10.74 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $12.47 | ↓ -64% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $13.63 | ↓ -60% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $14.46 | ↓ -58% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $24.78 | ↓ -28% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $25.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $28.85 | ↓ -16% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $30.96 | ↓ -10% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $31.82 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $32.03 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | PPO_Plan | $32.72 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $33.63 | ↓ -2% |
| Performance_Blue | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $36.74 | ↑ +7% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $36.74 | ↑ +7% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $36.74 | ↑ +7% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $36.74 | ↑ +7% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $36.74 | ↑ +7% |
| Highmark | Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO | $36.74 | ↑ +7% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $40.85 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $50.72 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $72.45 | ↑ +111% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay alkaline phosphatase at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $42.60 | $4.54 – $60.35 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $44.40 | $6.60 – $60.35 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $42.60 | $6.60 – $47.10 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $42.60 | $6.60 – $47.10 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $42.60 | $6.60 – $52.82 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $44.40 | $5.80 – $8.92 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $34.40 | $6.20 – $37.50 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $18.50 | $7.80 – $17.16 |