Chromatography 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

$75.20

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.

$94.00

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.

$18.06 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $179.23 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 $18.06 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $18.24 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $18.24 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $18.60 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $18.60 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $18.96 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $18.96 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $19.05 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $19.32 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $19.50 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $19.50 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $19.97 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $23.48 ↓ -69%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $23.48 ↓ -69%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $24.96 ↓ -67%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $24.96 ↓ -67%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $24.96 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $24.96 ↓ -67%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $24.97 ↓ -67%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $26.37 ↓ -65%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $27.27 ↓ -64%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $29.80 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $31.61 ↓ -58%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $54.18 ↓ -28%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $56.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $61.40 ↓ -18%
Aetna All_Plans $63.07 ↓ -16%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $67.68 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $69.56 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $70.01 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO_Plan $71.53 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO_Plan $73.52 ↓ -2%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $80.34 ↑ +7%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $80.34 ↑ +7%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $80.34 ↑ +7%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $80.34 ↑ +7%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $80.34 ↑ +7%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $80.34 ↑ +7%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $89.30 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $125.46 ↑ +67%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $179.23 ↑ +138%

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Chromatography at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $169.20 $17.85 – $225.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $108.00 $6.52 – $162.00
UPMC East Monroeville $159.00 $17.85 – $212.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $213.00 $17.85 – $47.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca $163.80 $16.38 – $22.97
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $149.40 $16.17 – $33.89
UPMC Jameson New Castle $49.20 $17.85 – $48.78
UPMC Kane Kane $208.20 $17.85 – $77.95

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