Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$2,679.80

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$3,349.75

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.

$10.29 with WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross vs $970.31 with Performance_Blue — 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

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
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $10.29 ↓ -100%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $16.51 ↓ -99%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $57.69 ↓ -98%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $166.88 ↓ -94%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $192.30 ↓ -93%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $218.13 ↓ -92%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $218.13 ↓ -92%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $218.13 ↓ -92%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $218.13 ↓ -92%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $218.13 ↓ -92%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $220.31 ↓ -92%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $220.31 ↓ -92%
Aetna All_Plans $223.95 ↓ -92%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $224.67 ↓ -92%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $224.67 ↓ -92%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $229.04 ↓ -91%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $229.04 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $230.13 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $233.40 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $235.58 ↓ -91%
Geisinger All_Plans $237.17 ↓ -91%
Cigna All_Plans $248.58 ↓ -91%
Aetna PPO_Plan $253.98 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO_Plan $261.03 ↓ -90%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $283.57 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $283.57 ↓ -89%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $288.93 ↓ -89%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $304.48 ↓ -89%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $329.40 ↓ -88%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $412.75 ↓ -85%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $628.80 ↓ -77%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $970.31 ↓ -64%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $970.31 ↓ -64%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $970.31 ↓ -64%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $970.31 ↓ -64%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $970.31 ↓ -64%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $970.31 ↓ -64%

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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $133.20 $3.15 – $19.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $124.80 $5.35 – $166.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $133.20 $0.90 – $19.55
UPMC Hamot Erie $424.00 $0.54 – $9.43
UPMC Hanover Hanover $133.20 $8.64 – $13.97
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $340.80 $1.37 – $9.43
UPMC Jameson New Castle $160.80 $0.55 – $10.91
UPMC Lititz Lititz $133.20 $8.64 – $13.97

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