Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml 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

$217.40

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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.

$271.75

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.

$53.08 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $339.71 with United_Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -76%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $53.08 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $55.08 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $56.26 ↓ -74%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $82.32 ↓ -62%
PHC All_Plans $108.80 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $117.60 ↓ -46%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $126.48 ↓ -42%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $126.48 ↓ -42%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $126.48 ↓ -42%
Geisinger All_Plans $129.20 ↓ -41%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $152.48 ↓ -30%
Cigna All_Plans $160.65 ↓ -26%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $161.35 ↓ -26%
Aetna All_Plans $161.35 ↓ -26%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $250.01 ↑ +15%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $339.71 ↑ +56%

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $492.00 $33.51 – $329.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $797.40 $33.51 – $600.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $99.00 $0.14 – $64.72
UPMC Cole Coudersport $61.80 $21.34 – $61.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $99.00 $0.20 – $264.62
UPMC East Monroeville $1,898.40 $33.51 – $947.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,591.80 $33.51 – $144.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $952.80 $33.51 – $412.48

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