Enzyme histochemistry 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

$707.20

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.

$884.00

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.

$9.26 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $3,756.99 with Highmark — 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_Medicaid All_Plans $9.26 ↓ -99%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $102.20 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $117.05 ↓ -83%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $146.31 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $146.31 ↓ -79%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $146.31 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $146.31 ↓ -79%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $486.24 ↓ -31%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $530.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $532.27 ↓ -25%
Aetna PPO_Plan $532.40 ↓ -25%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $636.48 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $654.16 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $658.40 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $691.38 ↓ -2%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $694.62 ↓ -2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $839.80 ↑ +19%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $844.59 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $844.59 ↑ +19%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $853.04 ↑ +21%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $853.04 ↑ +21%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $869.93 ↑ +23%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $869.93 ↑ +23%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $886.82 ↑ +25%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $886.82 ↑ +25%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $891.04 ↑ +26%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $903.71 ↑ +28%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $912.16 ↑ +29%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $912.16 ↑ +29%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $1,097.97 ↑ +55%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $1,097.97 ↑ +55%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,275.42 ↑ +80%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,393.57 ↑ +97%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $2,457.87 ↑ +248%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $2,871.61 ↑ +306%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $3,756.99 ↑ +431%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $3,756.99 ↑ +431%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $3,756.99 ↑ +431%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $3,756.99 ↑ +431%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $3,756.99 ↑ +431%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $3,756.99 ↑ +431%

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Enzyme histochemistry at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $471.60 $7.41 – $628.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,472.40 $9.71 – $2,085.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,472.40 $9.71 – $2,085.90
UPMC East Monroeville $797.40 $78.95 – $1,063.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $652.20 $23.43 – $970.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $573.60 $79.68 – $817.76
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,472.40 $9.71 – $1,248.61
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $456.60 $79.94 – $841.13

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