Application of paste boot 29580 at WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
147 Gettys Street, Gettysburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1265466957
$175.20
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$219.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$78.90 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $944.19 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $78.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $118.34 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $122.88 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $122.92 | ↓ -30% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $136.22 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $161.59 | ↓ -8% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $161.59 | ↓ -8% |
| Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan | Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health | $161.59 | ↓ -8% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $163.21 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $166.44 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $166.44 | ↓ -5% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $169.67 | ↓ -3% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $169.67 | ↓ -3% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $169.67 | ↓ -3% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $170.40 | ↓ -3% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $170.48 | ↓ -3% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $174.52 | ↓ -0% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $174.52 | ↓ -0% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $175.20 | ↑ +0% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $175.20 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $175.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $175.62 | ↑ +0% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $177.75 | ↑ +1% |
| UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $194.80 | ↑ +11% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $194.80 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $196.99 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $197.98 | ↑ +13% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $200.17 | ↑ +14% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $201.48 | ↑ +15% |
| Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan | All_Other_Plans | $203.67 | ↑ +16% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $207.39 | ↑ +18% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $208.05 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $242.39 | ↑ +38% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $282.78 | ↑ +61% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $566.50 | ↑ +223% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $566.50 | ↑ +223% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $755.35 | ↑ +331% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $755.35 | ↑ +331% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $755.35 | ↑ +331% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $944.19 | ↑ +439% |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $316.20 | $88.00 – $421.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $897.00 | $54.28 – $1,345.50 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $496.20 | $83.02 – $702.95 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $307.80 | $46.29 – $143.64 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $496.20 | $94.72 – $702.95 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $725.40 | $99.42 – $967.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $754.20 | $99.42 – $218.80 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $336.00 | $90.51 – $337.70 |