Drainage external ear simple 69000 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

$683.20

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.

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$854.00

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.

$53.75 with PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid vs $4,210.07 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
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $53.75 ↓ -92%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $53.75 ↓ -92%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $53.75 ↓ -92%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $53.75 ↓ -92%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $53.75 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $61.06 ↓ -91%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $146.20 ↓ -79%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $479.18 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $479.35 ↓ -30%
PHC All_Plans $683.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $683.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $683.20 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $684.82 ↑ +0%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $720.52 ↑ +5%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $720.52 ↑ +5%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $727.73 ↑ +7%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $742.14 ↑ +9%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $742.14 ↑ +9%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $756.55 ↑ +11%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $756.55 ↑ +11%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $756.55 ↑ +11%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $759.79 ↑ +11%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $760.15 ↑ +11%
Cigna All_Plans $768.17 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $772.02 ↑ +13%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $778.16 ↑ +14%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $778.16 ↑ +14%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $780.56 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $785.68 ↑ +15%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $792.57 ↑ +16%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $794.22 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $808.74 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $811.30 ↑ +19%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $868.59 ↑ +27%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $868.59 ↑ +27%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,080.78 ↑ +58%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,260.91 ↑ +85%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $2,526.00 ↑ +270%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $2,526.00 ↑ +270%
Highmark Performance_Blue $3,368.07 ↑ +393%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $3,368.07 ↑ +393%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $3,368.07 ↑ +393%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $4,210.07 ↑ +516%

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Drainage external ear simple 69000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $909.00 $43.00 – $1,212.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,371.00 $45.15 – $2,056.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $924.60 $54.61 – $1,309.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $588.00 $31.32 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $924.60 $54.61 – $1,309.85
UPMC East Monroeville $856.80 $47.30 – $1,142.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,248.00 $47.30 – $975.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,134.60 $47.30 – $704.33

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