Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 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

$398.80

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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$498.50

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.

$5.49 with Blue_Cross vs $66.56 with United_Healthcare — 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
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $5.49 ↓ -99%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $21.60 ↓ -95%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $29.55 ↓ -93%
Geisinger All_Plans $36.45 ↓ -91%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $46.79 ↓ -88%
Aetna All_Plans $49.15 ↓ -88%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $52.74 ↓ -87%
Cigna All_Plans $54.56 ↓ -86%
Aetna PPO_Plan $55.74 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO_Plan $57.29 ↓ -86%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $66.56 ↓ -83%

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Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,393.80 $3.19 – $157.22
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,010.40 $3.19 – $1,203.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $110.40 $0.14 – $10.17
UPMC Cole Coudersport $2,229.60 $5.06 – $384.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $110.40 $0.20 – $261.78
UPMC East Monroeville $4,010.40 $3.19 – $1,069.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,582.80 $3.19 – $73.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,069.60 $0.70 – $333.99

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