Lead ingevity 45cm pfret MRI 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

$582.12

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.

$727.65

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.

$334.62 with UPMC vs $529.82 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
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $334.62 ↓ -43%
Aetna All_Plans $374.22 ↓ -36%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $401.54 ↓ -31%
Geisinger All_Plans $412.70 ↓ -29%
Cigna All_Plans $415.37 ↓ -29%
Aetna PPO_Plan $424.41 ↓ -27%
Cigna PPO_Plan $436.18 ↓ -25%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $523.68 ↓ -10%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $529.82 ↓ -9%

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Lead ingevity 45cm pfret MRI at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,825.80 $212.42 – $4,901.46
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,224.60 $257.83 – $4,901.46
UPMC Cole Coudersport $691.20 $218.88 – $921.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,715.00 $905.00 – $4,901.46
UPMC East Monroeville $6,252.00 $227.43 – $4,901.46
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,595.40 $765.23 – $765.23
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,296.60 $1,986.07 – $5,931.20
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,767.20 $778.73 – $4,901.46

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