Creatine kinase 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

$32.80

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.

$41.00

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.

$6.51 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $64.64 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 $6.51 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $6.58 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $6.58 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $6.71 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $6.71 ↓ -80%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $6.84 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $6.84 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $6.87 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $6.97 ↓ -79%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $7.03 ↓ -79%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $7.03 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $7.19 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $8.46 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $8.46 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $8.99 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $8.99 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $8.99 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $8.99 ↓ -73%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $8.99 ↓ -73%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $9.51 ↓ -71%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $9.83 ↓ -70%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $10.74 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $11.39 ↓ -65%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $19.53 ↓ -40%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $22.13 ↓ -33%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $24.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $26.88 ↓ -18%
Aetna PPO_Plan $26.89 ↓ -18%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $28.96 ↓ -12%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $28.96 ↓ -12%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $28.96 ↓ -12%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $28.96 ↓ -12%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $28.96 ↓ -12%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $28.96 ↓ -12%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $29.52 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $30.34 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $30.54 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $32.07 ↓ -2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $38.95 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $45.25 ↑ +38%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $64.64 ↑ +97%

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Creatine kinase at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $103.20 $6.44 – $137.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $41.40 $2.35 – $62.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $33.00 $6.44 – $46.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $48.00 $4.23 – $64.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $33.00 $6.44 – $42.73
UPMC East Monroeville $97.20 $6.44 – $129.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $211.80 $6.44 – $12.68
UPMC Northwest Seneca $40.80 $5.90 – $8.27

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