Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 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

$4,005.60

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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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$5,007.00

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.

$110.63 with Geisinger_Medicaid vs $17,125.60 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
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $110.63 ↓ -97%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $110.63 ↓ -97%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $110.63 ↓ -97%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $110.63 ↓ -97%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $110.63 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $125.67 ↓ -97%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $300.90 ↓ -92%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $2,809.43 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $2,810.43 ↓ -30%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $2,930.91 ↓ -27%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $2,930.91 ↓ -27%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $2,960.22 ↓ -26%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $3,018.84 ↓ -25%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $3,018.84 ↓ -25%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $3,077.46 ↓ -23%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $3,077.46 ↓ -23%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $3,077.46 ↓ -23%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $3,090.64 ↓ -23%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $3,092.11 ↓ -23%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $3,165.38 ↓ -21%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $3,165.38 ↓ -21%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $3,224.00 ↓ -20%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $3,533.21 ↓ -12%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $3,533.21 ↓ -12%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $4,005.60 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $4,005.60 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $4,005.60 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $4,015.11 ↑ +0%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $4,396.37 ↑ +10%
Cigna All_Plans $4,503.80 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $4,526.33 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $4,576.40 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $4,606.44 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $4,656.51 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $4,741.63 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $4,756.65 ↑ +19%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $5,129.09 ↑ +28%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $10,275.18 ↑ +157%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $10,275.18 ↑ +157%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $13,700.54 ↑ +242%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $13,700.54 ↑ +242%
Highmark Performance_Blue $13,700.54 ↑ +242%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $17,125.60 ↑ +328%

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Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $7,173.60 $112.39 – $10,162.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $7,173.60 $112.39 – $10,162.60
UPMC East Monroeville $4,321.20 $97.35 – $5,761.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $5,296.20 $97.35 – $3,968.58
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,469.60 $97.35 – $2,865.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover $7,173.60 $112.39 – $4,374.59
UPMC Lititz Lititz $7,173.60 $112.39 – $4,398.21
UPMC Memorial York $7,173.60 $112.39 – $4,391.07

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