Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm 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

$737.60

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.

$922.00

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.

$51.71 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $875.90 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.

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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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $51.71 ↓ -93%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $68.94 ↓ -91%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $165.96 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $531.16 ↓ -28%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $553.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $618.66 ↓ -16%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $663.84 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $682.28 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $686.71 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO_Plan $701.64 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO_Plan $721.10 ↓ -2%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $758.81 ↑ +3%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $865.76 ↑ +17%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $875.90 ↑ +19%

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UPMC Cole Coudersport $321.00 $73.56 – $428.00
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