Ankle X-ray 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

$291.20

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.

$364.00

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.

$23.41 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $526.87 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $23.41 ↓ -92%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $33.46 ↓ -89%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $33.46 ↓ -89%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $33.46 ↓ -89%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $33.46 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $38.01 ↓ -87%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $90.17 ↓ -69%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $90.17 ↓ -69%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $91.02 ↓ -69%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $91.07 ↓ -69%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $92.88 ↓ -68%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $92.88 ↓ -68%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $94.68 ↓ -67%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $94.68 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $94.68 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $95.08 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $95.13 ↓ -67%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $97.38 ↓ -67%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $97.38 ↓ -67%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $99.19 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $108.70 ↓ -63%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $108.70 ↓ -63%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $111.00 ↓ -62%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $135.26 ↓ -54%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $157.80 ↓ -46%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $173.59 ↓ -40%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $204.31 ↓ -30%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $291.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $291.20 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $291.20 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $291.89 ↑ +0%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $316.12 ↑ +9%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $316.12 ↑ +9%
Cigna All_Plans $327.42 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $329.06 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $332.70 ↑ +14%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $338.52 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $345.80 ↑ +19%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $421.50 ↑ +45%
Highmark Performance_Blue $421.50 ↑ +45%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $421.50 ↑ +45%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $497.84 ↑ +71%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $526.87 ↑ +81%

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Ankle X-ray at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $180.60 $33.29 – $240.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $108.00 $26.38 – $162.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $24.54 – $419.44
UPMC Cole Coudersport $140.40 $33.86 – $187.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $24.54 – $266.90
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $26.02 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $325.20 $20.23 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $119.40 $26.26 – $90.67

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