Bronchial challenge 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

$1,246.40

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.

$1,558.00

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.

$14.25 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,863.31 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $14.25 ↓ -99%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $23.75 ↓ -98%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -98%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -98%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $26.98 ↓ -98%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $64.60 ↓ -95%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $318.89 ↓ -74%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $318.89 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $322.08 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $328.46 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $328.46 ↓ -74%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $334.83 ↓ -73%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $334.83 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $334.83 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $336.27 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $336.43 ↓ -73%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $344.40 ↓ -72%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $344.40 ↓ -72%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $350.78 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $384.42 ↓ -69%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $384.42 ↓ -69%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $478.34 ↓ -62%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $558.06 ↓ -55%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $874.19 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $874.51 ↓ -30%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $1,117.96 ↓ -10%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,117.96 ↓ -10%
PHC All_Plans $1,246.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,246.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,246.40 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,249.36 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $1,401.42 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $1,408.43 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,424.01 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,433.36 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $1,448.94 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,475.43 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,480.10 ↑ +19%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,490.65 ↑ +20%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,490.65 ↑ +20%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,490.65 ↑ +20%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,863.31 ↑ +49%

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Bronchial challenge at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $335.40 $11.40 – $447.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $650.40 $14.93 – $921.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $114.60 $19.95 – $195.04
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $650.40 $14.93 – $921.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $624.00 $20.90 – $375.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $520.20 $20.90 – $311.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $650.40 $14.93 – $475.97
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,082.40 $20.90 – $320.63

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