Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$358.00

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$447.50

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.

$69.56 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $420.14 with Geisinger — 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
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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 $69.56 ↓ -81%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $69.56 ↓ -81%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $69.56 ↓ -81%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $69.56 ↓ -81%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $71.50 ↓ -80%
Aetna All_Plans $211.46 ↓ -41%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $211.46 ↓ -41%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $220.48 ↓ -38%
Cigna All_Plans $239.75 ↓ -33%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $251.09 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $251.18 ↓ -30%
PHC All_Plans $353.80 ↓ -1%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $358.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $358.00 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $358.85 ↑ +0%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $411.29 ↑ +15%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $411.70 ↑ +15%
Geisinger All_Plans $420.14 ↑ +17%

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $26.80 $4.39 – $26.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $78.60 $4.39 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $6.60 $0.96 – $9.62
UPMC Cole Coudersport $16.80 $4.16 – $12.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $6.60 $1.40 – $15.41
UPMC East Monroeville $52.00 $4.39 – $52.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $122.40 $4.39 – $18.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $49.20 $4.39 – $24.03

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