Inst via cath agent pleurds 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

$3,580.80

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.

$4,476.00

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.

$104.00 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $4,252.20 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 $104.00 ↓ -97%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $639.22 ↓ -82%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $639.22 ↓ -82%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $639.22 ↓ -82%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $645.61 ↓ -82%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $645.61 ↓ -82%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $658.40 ↓ -82%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $658.40 ↓ -82%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $671.18 ↓ -81%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $671.18 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $674.38 ↓ -81%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $683.97 ↓ -81%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $690.36 ↓ -81%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $690.36 ↓ -81%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $830.99 ↓ -77%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $830.99 ↓ -77%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $965.29 ↓ -73%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,054.71 ↓ -71%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $2,173.35 ↓ -39%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $2,685.60 ↓ -25%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $2,843.44 ↓ -21%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $2,843.44 ↓ -21%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $2,843.44 ↓ -21%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $2,843.44 ↓ -21%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $2,843.44 ↓ -21%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $2,843.44 ↓ -21%
Aetna All_Plans $3,003.40 ↓ -16%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $3,222.72 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $3,312.24 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $3,333.72 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO_Plan $3,406.24 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO_Plan $3,500.68 ↓ -2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $4,252.20 ↑ +19%

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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,146.80 $325.29 – $3,041.30
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UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,146.80 $479.13 – $1,016.56
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