C-reactive protein, quantitative 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

$53.60

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.

$67.00

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.

$10.64 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $105.55 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 $10.64 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $10.75 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $10.75 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $10.96 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $10.96 ↓ -80%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $11.17 ↓ -79%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $11.17 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $11.23 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $11.38 ↓ -79%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $11.49 ↓ -79%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $11.49 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $13.83 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $13.83 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $14.58 ↓ -73%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $15.53 ↓ -71%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $16.07 ↓ -70%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $17.56 ↓ -67%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $18.23 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $18.23 ↓ -66%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $18.23 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $18.23 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $18.23 ↓ -66%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $18.62 ↓ -65%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $31.92 ↓ -40%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $36.18 ↓ -33%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $40.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $43.93 ↓ -18%
Aetna PPO_Plan $43.94 ↓ -18%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $47.33 ↓ -12%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $47.33 ↓ -12%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $47.33 ↓ -12%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $47.33 ↓ -12%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $47.33 ↓ -12%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $47.33 ↓ -12%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $48.24 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $49.58 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $49.90 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $52.40 ↓ -2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $63.65 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $73.89 ↑ +38%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $105.55 ↑ +97%

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C-reactive protein, quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC East Monroeville $213.60 $10.51 – $284.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $82.20 $10.51 – $27.70
UPMC Jameson New Castle $173.40 $10.51 – $28.18
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $90.60 $9.96 – $27.96
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $98.40 $9.86 – $27.96
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $138.00 $8.87 – $27.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $441.00 $10.51 – $24.85
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $99.00 $9.89 – $27.96

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