Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) 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

$280.80

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$351.00

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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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$25.00 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $333.45 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

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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $25.00 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $25.00 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $25.00 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $25.00 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $25.00 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $28.40 ↓ -90%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $61.41 ↓ -78%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $61.41 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $62.02 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $62.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $63.25 ↓ -77%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $63.25 ↓ -77%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $64.48 ↓ -77%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $64.48 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $64.79 ↓ -77%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $65.71 ↓ -77%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $66.32 ↓ -76%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $66.32 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $79.83 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $79.83 ↓ -72%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $92.74 ↓ -67%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $101.33 ↓ -64%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $202.21 ↓ -28%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $208.79 ↓ -26%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $210.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $235.52 ↓ -16%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $252.72 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $259.74 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $261.42 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO_Plan $267.11 ↓ -5%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $273.17 ↓ -3%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $273.17 ↓ -3%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $273.17 ↓ -3%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $273.17 ↓ -3%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $273.17 ↓ -3%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $273.17 ↓ -3%
Cigna PPO_Plan $274.52 ↓ -2%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $288.87 ↑ +3%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $329.59 ↑ +17%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $333.45 ↑ +19%

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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $120.00 $18.59 – $160.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.60 $20.43 – $113.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $120.60 $27.54 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $153.00 $9.70 – $98.03
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $120.60 $40.20 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $76.80 $18.77 – $102.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $139.80 $18.59 – $82.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $79.80 $23.04 – $68.22

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