Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel 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

$4,128.80

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.

$5,161.00

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.

$3,096.60 with UPMC vs $13,939.00 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
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $3,096.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $3,463.03 ↓ -16%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $3,715.92 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $3,819.14 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $3,843.91 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO_Plan $3,927.52 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO_Plan $4,036.42 ↓ -2%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $4,846.18 ↑ +17%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $4,902.95 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $13,939.00 ↑ +238%

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Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $904.20 $189.67 – $1,205.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,046.80 $566.50 – $17,298.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,046.80 $566.50 – $4,316.30
UPMC East Monroeville $981.60 $191.48 – $1,308.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $537.00 $189.67 – $541.32
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,242.60 $492.27 – $719.26
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,046.80 $566.50 – $594.38
UPMC Jameson New Castle $526.80 $186.18 – $541.32

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