Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$2,020.00

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.

$2,525.00

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.

$59.73 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $3,040.46 with Highmark — 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 $59.73 ↓ -97%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $683.51 ↓ -66%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $683.51 ↓ -66%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $683.51 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $690.35 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $690.35 ↓ -66%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $704.02 ↓ -65%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $704.02 ↓ -65%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $717.69 ↓ -64%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $717.69 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $721.10 ↓ -64%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $731.36 ↓ -64%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $738.19 ↓ -63%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $738.19 ↓ -63%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $888.56 ↓ -56%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $888.56 ↓ -56%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,032.17 ↓ -49%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,127.79 ↓ -44%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,454.65 ↓ -28%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,515.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $1,694.28 ↓ -16%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,818.00 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,868.50 ↓ -8%
Cigna All_Plans $1,880.62 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO_Plan $1,921.53 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO_Plan $1,974.80 ↓ -2%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $2,078.08 ↑ +3%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $2,323.93 ↑ +15%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $2,370.98 ↑ +17%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $2,398.75 ↑ +19%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $3,040.46 ↑ +51%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $3,040.46 ↑ +51%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $3,040.46 ↑ +51%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $3,040.46 ↑ +51%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $3,040.46 ↑ +51%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $3,040.46 ↑ +51%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $629.40 $94.69 – $839.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $845.40 $94.69 – $1,268.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,585.80 $62.59 – $2,246.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $288.00 $68.11 – $384.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,585.80 $62.59 – $2,246.55
UPMC East Monroeville $574.80 $94.69 – $766.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,143.60 $94.69 – $785.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $428.40 $94.69 – $680.70

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