Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance 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

$526.40

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$658.00

Gross charge

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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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$22.50 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $1,766.31 with Highmark — 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

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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $22.50 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $22.50 ↓ -96%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $22.50 ↓ -96%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $22.50 ↓ -96%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $22.50 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $25.56 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $61.20 ↓ -88%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $302.29 ↓ -43%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $302.29 ↓ -43%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $305.31 ↓ -42%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $311.36 ↓ -41%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $311.36 ↓ -41%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $317.40 ↓ -40%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $317.40 ↓ -40%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $317.40 ↓ -40%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $318.76 ↓ -39%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $318.92 ↓ -39%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $326.47 ↓ -38%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $326.47 ↓ -38%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $332.52 ↓ -37%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $364.41 ↓ -31%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $364.41 ↓ -31%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $369.20 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $369.34 ↓ -30%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $453.44 ↓ -14%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $526.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $526.40 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $526.40 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $527.65 ↑ +0%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $529.01 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $591.87 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $594.83 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $601.41 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $605.36 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $611.94 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $623.13 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $625.10 ↑ +19%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,059.77 ↑ +101%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $1,059.77 ↑ +101%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,413.05 ↑ +168%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,413.05 ↑ +168%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,413.05 ↑ +168%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,766.31 ↑ +236%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $158.40 $18.00 – $211.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $310.20 $18.90 – $465.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $453.60 $22.86 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $165.00 $18.90 – $99.74
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $453.60 $22.86 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $319.20 $19.80 – $425.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $281.40 $19.80 – $409.31
UPMC Hanover Hanover $453.60 $22.86 – $1,016.56

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