Biopsy abdominal mass 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

$1,651.20

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.

$2,064.00

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.

$101.21 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $9,694.99 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $101.21 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $101.21 ↓ -94%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $101.21 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $101.21 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $101.22 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $114.98 ↓ -93%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $275.30 ↓ -83%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,158.11 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,158.52 ↓ -30%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,651.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,651.20 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $1,651.20 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,655.12 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $1,659.22 ↑ +0%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $1,659.22 ↑ +0%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,675.81 ↑ +1%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $1,709.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $1,709.00 ↑ +4%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $1,742.18 ↑ +6%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $1,742.18 ↑ +6%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $1,742.18 ↑ +6%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $1,749.65 ↑ +6%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $1,750.48 ↑ +6%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $1,791.96 ↑ +9%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $1,791.96 ↑ +9%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,825.14 ↑ +11%
Cigna All_Plans $1,856.57 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $1,865.86 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,886.50 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,898.88 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $1,919.52 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,954.61 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,960.80 ↑ +19%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $2,000.19 ↑ +21%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $2,000.19 ↑ +21%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $2,488.83 ↑ +51%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $2,903.64 ↑ +76%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $5,816.89 ↑ +252%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $5,816.89 ↑ +252%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $7,756.02 ↑ +370%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $7,756.02 ↑ +370%
Highmark Performance_Blue $7,756.02 ↑ +370%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $9,694.99 ↑ +487%

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Biopsy abdominal mass at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,224.60 $80.97 – $1,632.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,461.20 $102.83 – $3,486.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,461.20 $102.83 – $3,486.70
UPMC East Monroeville $1,689.60 $89.07 – $2,252.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,312.40 $89.07 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,419.20 $89.07 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,461.20 $102.83 – $2,476.51
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,304.60 $89.07 – $1,668.28

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