Icd crtd cobalt hf MRI is1 df1 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

$23,199.00

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.

$28,998.75

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.

$77.22 with UPMC vs $5,805.53 with UPMC_Medicare — 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 UPMC_For_Kids $77.22 ↓ -100%
Aetna All_Plans $86.36 ↓ -100%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $92.66 ↓ -100%
Geisinger All_Plans $95.24 ↓ -100%
Cigna All_Plans $95.86 ↓ -100%
Aetna PPO_Plan $97.94 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO_Plan $100.66 ↓ -100%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $120.85 ↓ -99%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $122.27 ↓ -99%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $5,805.53 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $5,805.53 ↓ -75%

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Icd crtd cobalt hf MRI is1 df1 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $59,517.00 $8,750.64 – $89,600.45
UPMC Bedford Everett $33,876.00 $8,462.03 – $89,600.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $33,408.60 $10,579.39 – $44,544.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $45,067.20 $15,022.40 – $89,600.45
UPMC East Monroeville $132,543.60 $9,207.59 – $89,600.45
UPMC Hamot Erie $143,409.00 $16,220.93 – $16,220.93
UPMC Northwest Seneca $40,346.40 $42,099.54 – $108,424.54
UPMC Memorial York $45,067.20 $12,087.27 – $89,600.45

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