Electrophysiology evaluation at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
112 N. 7th St., Chambersburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1902804552
$204.00
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.
$255.00
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.
$153.00 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.
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 | UPMC_For_Kids | $153.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $171.11 | ↓ -16% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $183.60 | ↓ -10% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $188.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $189.92 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | PPO_Plan | $194.06 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $199.44 | ↓ -2% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $239.45 | ↑ +17% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $242.25 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $13,939.00 | ↑ +6733% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $888.60 | $125.77 – $1,184.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $707.40 | $125.77 – $548.30 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $988.80 | $126.96 – $413.80 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $695.40 | $125.77 – $465.28 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $184.80 | $126.96 – $481.16 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $226.20 | $37.45 – $541.02 |