Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$163.20

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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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$204.00

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.

$53.08 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $310.15 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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -67%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $53.08 ↓ -67%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $53.08 ↓ -67%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $53.08 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $53.61 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $54.67 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $54.67 ↓ -67%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $55.08 ↓ -66%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $55.73 ↓ -66%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $55.73 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $55.73 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $55.97 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $56.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $56.26 ↓ -66%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $57.33 ↓ -65%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $57.33 ↓ -65%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $58.39 ↓ -64%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $62.59 ↓ -62%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $63.99 ↓ -61%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $63.99 ↓ -61%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $79.62 ↓ -51%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $92.89 ↓ -43%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $114.46 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $114.51 ↓ -30%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $161.35 ↓ -1%
Aetna All_Plans $161.35 ↓ -1%
PHC All_Plans $163.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $163.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $163.20 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $163.59 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $166.22 ↑ +2%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $169.86 ↑ +4%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $186.09 ↑ +14%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $186.09 ↑ +14%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $189.72 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $193.80 ↑ +19%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $248.12 ↑ +52%
Highmark Performance_Blue $248.12 ↑ +52%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $248.12 ↑ +52%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $310.15 ↑ +90%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,314.40 $33.51 – $658.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $474.40 $19.15 – $533.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $63.00 $29.11 – $84.00
UPMC East Monroeville $922.40 $33.51 – $707.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,196.00 $33.51 – $57.33
UPMC Northwest Seneca $717.60 $33.51 – $57.33
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $536.00 $33.51 – $99.60
UPMC Jameson New Castle $259.20 $33.51 – $157.25

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