Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital

147 Gettys Street, Gettysburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1265466957

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$457.00

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,225.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$247.54 with Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan vs $2,113.75 with Geisinger — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $247.54 ↓ -46%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $247.54 ↓ -46%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $250.02 ↓ -45%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $254.97 ↓ -44%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $254.97 ↓ -44%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $259.92 ↓ -43%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $259.92 ↓ -43%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $259.92 ↓ -43%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $261.03 ↓ -43%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $261.15 ↓ -43%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $267.34 ↓ -42%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $267.34 ↓ -42%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $272.29 ↓ -40%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $298.41 ↓ -35%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $298.41 ↓ -35%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $336.25 ↓ -26%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $371.31 ↓ -19%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $420.26 ↓ -8%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $420.26 ↓ -8%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $420.26 ↓ -8%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $420.26 ↓ -8%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $433.20 ↓ -5%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $468.00 ↑ +2%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $468.00 ↑ +2%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $477.42 ↑ +4%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $867.83 ↑ +90%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $867.83 ↑ +90%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $1,143.11 ↑ +150%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,157.13 ↑ +153%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,157.13 ↑ +153%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,157.13 ↑ +153%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,248.89 ↑ +173%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,342.45 ↑ +194%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,446.40 ↑ +216%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,780.00 ↑ +289%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,780.00 ↑ +289%
PHC All_Plans $1,780.00 ↑ +289%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,784.23 ↑ +290%
Cigna All_Plans $1,913.50 ↑ +319%
Aetna All_Plans $2,011.40 ↑ +340%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $2,033.65 ↑ +345%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $2,069.25 ↑ +353%
Geisinger All_Plans $2,113.75 ↑ +363%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,699.20 $269.00 – $2,265.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,705.20 $83.15 – $2,557.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,656.00 $228.92 – $2,346.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,335.60 $240.06 – $1,780.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,656.00 $88.80 – $1,826.61
UPMC East Monroeville $3,940.80 $231.07 – $5,254.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,404.80 $180.32 – $1,249.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,205.00 $209.00 – $1,158.68

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →