Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

$501.60

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.

$627.00

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.

$38.22 with Blue_Cross vs $602.31 with United_Healthcare — 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 Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $38.22 ↓ -92%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $64.92 ↓ -87%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $79.76 ↓ -84%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $109.94 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $109.94 ↓ -78%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $109.94 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $111.04 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $111.04 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $112.86 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $113.24 ↓ -77%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $113.24 ↓ -77%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $115.44 ↓ -77%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $115.44 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $115.99 ↓ -77%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $117.64 ↓ -77%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $118.74 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $118.74 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $142.92 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $142.92 ↓ -72%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $166.02 ↓ -67%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $181.40 ↓ -64%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $216.00 ↓ -57%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $250.80 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $358.29 ↓ -29%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $376.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $420.72 ↓ -16%
Geisinger All_Plans $463.98 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $466.99 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO_Plan $477.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $489.05 ↓ -3%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $489.05 ↓ -3%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $489.05 ↓ -3%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $489.05 ↓ -3%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $489.05 ↓ -3%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $489.05 ↓ -3%
Cigna PPO_Plan $490.38 ↓ -2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $595.65 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $602.31 ↑ +20%

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $239.40 $54.66 – $339.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $239.40 $76.89 – $444.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $151.80 $67.06 – $109.49
UPMC Hanover Hanover $239.40 $76.89 – $444.30
UPMC Lititz Lititz $239.40 $76.89 – $444.30
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $201.00 $26.08 – $111.52
UPMC Memorial York $239.40 $21.06 – $444.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $675.00 $25.84 – $111.52

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