Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$210.40

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.

$263.00

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.

$54.72 with Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan vs $319.73 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
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $54.72 ↓ -74%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $54.72 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $55.27 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $56.36 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $56.36 ↓ -73%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $57.46 ↓ -73%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $57.46 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $57.46 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $57.70 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $57.73 ↓ -73%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $59.10 ↓ -72%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $59.10 ↓ -72%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $60.19 ↓ -71%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $64.78 ↓ -69%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $65.96 ↓ -69%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $65.96 ↓ -69%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $73.67 ↓ -65%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $82.08 ↓ -61%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $92.09 ↓ -56%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $92.09 ↓ -56%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $92.09 ↓ -56%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $92.09 ↓ -56%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $95.76 ↓ -54%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $125.42 ↓ -40%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $147.62 ↓ -30%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $154.89 ↓ -26%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $191.84 ↓ -9%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $191.84 ↓ -9%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $210.40 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $210.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $210.40 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $210.90 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $220.97 ↑ +5%
Aetna All_Plans $237.75 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $240.38 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $241.96 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $244.59 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $249.85 ↑ +19%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $250.48 ↑ +19%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $255.79 ↑ +22%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $255.79 ↑ +22%
Highmark Performance_Blue $255.79 ↑ +22%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $319.73 ↑ +52%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $174.60 $7.94 – $232.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $8.23 – $102.39
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $116.40 $26.58 – $164.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $220.80 $29.51 – $294.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $116.40 $29.51 – $164.90
UPMC East Monroeville $61.20 $8.01 – $102.39
UPMC Hamot Erie $207.00 $7.94 – $102.39
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $8.19 – $84.72

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