ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$511.20

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.

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.

$639.00

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.

$26.25 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $2,602.00 with United_Healthcare — 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $26.25 ↓ -95%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $26.25 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $26.25 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $26.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $71.40 ↓ -86%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $90.17 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $90.17 ↓ -82%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $91.07 ↓ -82%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $92.88 ↓ -82%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $92.88 ↓ -82%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $94.68 ↓ -81%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $94.68 ↓ -81%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $94.68 ↓ -81%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $95.08 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $95.13 ↓ -81%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $97.38 ↓ -81%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $97.38 ↓ -81%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $99.19 ↓ -81%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $108.70 ↓ -79%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $108.70 ↓ -79%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $135.26 ↓ -74%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $157.80 ↓ -69%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $200.00 ↓ -61%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $255.03 ↓ -50%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $316.12 ↓ -38%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $316.12 ↓ -38%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $358.54 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $358.67 ↓ -30%
Highmark Performance_Blue $421.50 ↓ -18%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $421.50 ↓ -18%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $421.50 ↓ -18%
PHC All_Plans $511.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $511.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $511.20 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $512.41 ↑ +0%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $526.87 ↑ +3%
Cigna All_Plans $574.78 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $577.66 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $584.05 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $587.88 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $594.27 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $607.05 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $2,602.00 ↑ +409%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $374.40 $21.00 – $499.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $215.40 $30.29 – $323.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $391.20 $21.05 – $554.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $136.20 $18.26 – $103.74
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $391.20 $21.05 – $554.20
UPMC East Monroeville $260.40 $51.60 – $347.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $384.60 $51.60 – $104.63
UPMC Northwest Seneca $213.00 $51.26 – $90.67

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