Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$252.80

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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.

$316.00

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.

$9.74 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $300.20 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

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 $9.74 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $35.97 ↓ -86%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $44.96 ↓ -82%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $44.96 ↓ -82%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $44.96 ↓ -82%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $44.96 ↓ -82%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $73.68 ↓ -71%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $150.70 ↓ -40%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $177.37 ↓ -30%
Aetna All_Plans $218.31 ↓ -14%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $218.31 ↓ -14%
PHC All_Plans $252.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $252.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $252.80 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $253.40 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $265.50 ↑ +5%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $290.72 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $293.88 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $300.20 ↑ +19%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $229.80 $7.79 – $306.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $13.31 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $112.20 $10.20 – $158.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $65.40 $30.21 – $87.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $112.20 $10.20 – $158.95
UPMC East Monroeville $153.00 $13.13 – $204.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $143.40 $12.71 – $112.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $40.80 $13.25 – $101.22

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