Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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

$3,666.40

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.

$4,583.00

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.

$122.67 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $4,353.85 with Geisinger — 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $122.67 ↓ -97%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $176.28 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $176.28 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $176.28 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $176.28 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $200.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $479.47 ↓ -87%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $561.49 ↓ -85%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $561.49 ↓ -85%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $567.10 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $578.33 ↓ -84%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $578.33 ↓ -84%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $589.56 ↓ -84%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $589.56 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $589.56 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $592.09 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $592.37 ↓ -84%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $606.41 ↓ -83%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $606.41 ↓ -83%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $617.64 ↓ -83%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $676.88 ↓ -82%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $676.88 ↓ -82%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $842.24 ↓ -77%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $982.61 ↓ -73%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $1,968.47 ↓ -46%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,968.47 ↓ -46%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $2,571.52 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $2,572.44 ↓ -30%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $2,624.69 ↓ -28%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $2,624.69 ↓ -28%
Highmark Performance_Blue $2,624.69 ↓ -28%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $3,280.84 ↓ -11%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $3,666.40 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $3,666.40 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $3,666.40 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $3,675.11 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $4,122.41 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $4,143.03 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $4,188.86 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $4,216.36 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $4,262.19 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $4,340.10 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $4,353.85 ↑ +19%

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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,464.00 $98.14 – $1,952.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,876.20 $148.07 – $2,814.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,311.20 $48.09 – $839.22
UPMC Cole Coudersport $837.00 $148.07 – $1,116.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,311.20 $70.20 – $879.76
UPMC East Monroeville $1,759.20 $155.12 – $2,345.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,495.80 $155.12 – $714.96
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,820.40 $155.12 – $548.88

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