Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
112 N. 7th St., Chambersburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1902804552
$171.20
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.
$214.00
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.
$5.00 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $277.37 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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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $5.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $16.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $20.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $20.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $20.00 | ↓ -88% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $20.00 | ↓ -88% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $40.58 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $40.58 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $40.81 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $40.99 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $40.99 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $41.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $41.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $42.61 | ↓ -75% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $42.61 | ↓ -75% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $42.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $43.42 | ↓ -75% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $43.83 | ↓ -74% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $43.83 | ↓ -74% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $52.75 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $52.75 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $61.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $66.96 | ↓ -61% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $114.63 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $128.40 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $137.97 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $143.59 | ↓ -16% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $154.08 | ↓ -10% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $158.36 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $159.39 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | PPO_Plan | $162.85 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $167.37 | ↓ -2% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $180.51 | ↑ +5% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $180.51 | ↑ +5% |
| Performance_Blue | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $180.51 | ↑ +5% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $180.51 | ↑ +5% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $180.51 | ↑ +5% |
| Highmark | Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO | $180.51 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $194.16 | ↑ +13% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $203.30 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $277.37 | ↑ +62% |
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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $193.20 | $4.00 – $257.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $100.20 | $8.65 – $150.30 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $78.60 | $5.24 – $111.35 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $159.60 | $16.80 – $212.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $85.80 | $5.24 – $111.35 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $108.60 | $8.53 – $144.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $153.00 | $14.02 – $80.77 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $96.60 | $8.61 – $77.93 |