Total tau at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
112 N. 7th St., Chambersburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1902804552
$1,120.80
Cash price 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.
$1,401.00
Gross charge 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.
$252.18 with Aetna_Better_Health_Kids vs $1,330.95 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $252.18 | ↓ -78% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $700.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $807.12 | ↓ -28% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $840.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $940.07 | ↓ -16% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,008.72 | ↓ -10% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,036.74 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $1,043.46 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | PPO_Plan | $1,066.16 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $1,095.72 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $1,153.02 | ↑ +3% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $1,330.95 | ↑ +19% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Total tau at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $136.80 | $79.80 – $182.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $100.20 | $41.75 – $150.30 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $194.40 | $81.00 – $259.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $67.20 | $28.00 – $95.20 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $100.20 | $41.75 – $150.30 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $56.40 | $23.50 – $79.90 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $366.00 | $109.80 – $518.50 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $282.60 | $117.75 – $400.35 |