Culture fungi other (except blood) 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

$41.60

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.

$52.00

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.

$8.41 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $83.33 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 $8.41 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $8.49 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $8.49 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $8.66 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $8.66 ↓ -79%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $8.83 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $8.83 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $8.87 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $9.00 ↓ -78%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $9.08 ↓ -78%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $9.08 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $9.70 ↓ -77%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $10.93 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $10.93 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $12.13 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $12.13 ↓ -71%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $12.13 ↓ -71%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $12.13 ↓ -71%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $12.13 ↓ -71%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $12.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $12.70 ↓ -69%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $13.88 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $14.72 ↓ -65%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $25.23 ↓ -39%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $28.59 ↓ -31%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $31.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $34.72 ↓ -17%
Aetna PPO_Plan $34.73 ↓ -17%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $37.41 ↓ -10%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $37.41 ↓ -10%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $37.41 ↓ -10%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $37.41 ↓ -10%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $37.41 ↓ -10%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $37.41 ↓ -10%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $37.44 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $38.48 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $38.73 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $40.67 ↓ -2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $49.40 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $58.33 ↑ +40%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $83.33 ↑ +100%

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Culture fungi other (except blood) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $118.80 $8.31 – $158.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $3.03 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $46.80 $8.33 – $66.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $60.00 $5.47 – $80.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $46.80 $8.33 – $66.30
UPMC East Monroeville $125.40 $8.31 – $167.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $125.40 $8.31 – $16.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $7.63 – $11.15

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