Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
147 Gettys Street, Gettysburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1265466957
$144.00
Cash price 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.
$180.00
Gross charge 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.
$8.13 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $234.83 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $8.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $26.50 | ↓ -82% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $33.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $33.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $33.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $33.13 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $40.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan | Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health | $40.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $40.59 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $41.40 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $41.40 | ↓ -71% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $42.20 | ↓ -71% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $42.20 | ↓ -71% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $42.20 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $42.38 | ↓ -71% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $42.40 | ↓ -71% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $43.41 | ↓ -70% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $43.41 | ↓ -70% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $44.21 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $48.45 | ↓ -66% |
| UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $48.45 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $60.29 | ↓ -58% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $70.33 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $85.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $90.10 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $101.03 | ↓ -30% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $114.63 | ↓ -20% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $140.90 | ↓ -2% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $140.90 | ↓ -2% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $144.00 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $144.00 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $144.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $144.34 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $151.24 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $162.72 | ↑ +13% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $164.52 | ↑ +14% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $165.60 | ↑ +15% |
| Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan | All_Other_Plans | $167.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $171.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $187.87 | ↑ +30% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $187.87 | ↑ +30% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $187.87 | ↑ +30% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $234.83 | ↑ +63% |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $130.80 | $6.50 – $174.40 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $78.60 | $8.52 – $111.35 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $141.00 | $24.30 – $188.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $78.60 | $8.52 – $111.35 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $106.20 | $12.12 – $90.52 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $68.40 | $6.75 – $102.95 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $78.60 | $8.52 – $107.74 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $85.20 | $6.77 – $102.95 |