Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) 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

$70.40

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$88.00

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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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$12.95 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $100.91 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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $12.95 ↓ -82%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $17.27 ↓ -75%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $17.27 ↓ -75%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $17.27 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $17.44 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $17.79 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $17.79 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $18.13 ↓ -74%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $18.13 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $18.13 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $18.21 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $18.22 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $18.65 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $18.65 ↓ -74%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $19.00 ↓ -73%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $20.82 ↓ -70%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $20.82 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $25.91 ↓ -63%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $30.22 ↓ -57%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $41.97 ↓ -40%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $49.39 ↓ -30%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $51.81 ↓ -26%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $54.74 ↓ -22%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $60.55 ↓ -14%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $60.55 ↓ -14%
PHC All_Plans $70.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $70.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $70.40 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $70.57 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $71.33 ↑ +1%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $71.33 ↑ +1%
Cigna All_Plans $73.94 ↑ +5%
Highmark Performance_Blue $80.73 ↑ +15%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $80.73 ↑ +15%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $80.73 ↑ +15%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $80.96 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $81.84 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $83.60 ↑ +19%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $100.91 ↑ +43%

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $136.80 $7.32 – $182.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $6.23 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $87.60 $9.50 – $124.10
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $87.60 $13.79 – $124.10
UPMC East Monroeville $194.40 $7.39 – $259.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $271.20 $7.32 – $18.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $15.66 – $18.65
UPMC Hanover Hanover $87.60 $13.79 – $73.02

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