Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
112 N. 7th St., Chambersburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1902804552
$100.80
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.
$126.00
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.
$10.10 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $119.70 with First_Health_Network — 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 | $10.10 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $75.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $84.55 | ↓ -16% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $90.72 | ↓ -10% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $93.24 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $93.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | PPO_Plan | $95.89 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $98.54 | ↓ -2% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $118.31 | ↑ +17% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $119.70 | ↑ +19% |
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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $226.80 | $8.48 – $134.23 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $595.20 | $8.89 – $148.28 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $489.60 | $8.89 – $93.83 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $406.80 | $8.89 – $92.94 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $118.20 | $8.89 – $993.28 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $143.20 | $8.89 – $993.28 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $100.80 | $10.10 – $27.47 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $96.50 | not published |