ER Visit (level 3) 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

$1,740.80

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.

$2,176.00

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.

$98.75 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 $98.75 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $98.75 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $98.75 ↓ -94%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $98.75 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $200.00 ↓ -89%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $255.03 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $268.60 ↓ -85%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $283.55 ↓ -84%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $283.55 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $286.39 ↓ -84%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $292.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $292.06 ↓ -83%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $297.73 ↓ -83%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $297.73 ↓ -83%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $297.73 ↓ -83%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $299.00 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $299.15 ↓ -83%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $306.23 ↓ -82%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $306.23 ↓ -82%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $311.91 ↓ -82%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $341.82 ↓ -80%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $341.82 ↓ -80%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $425.33 ↓ -76%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $496.21 ↓ -71%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $994.07 ↓ -43%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $994.07 ↓ -43%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,220.95 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,221.39 ↓ -30%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,325.45 ↓ -24%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,325.45 ↓ -24%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,325.45 ↓ -24%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,656.81 ↓ -5%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,740.80 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $1,740.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,740.80 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,744.93 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $1,957.31 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $1,967.10 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,988.86 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $2,001.92 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $2,023.68 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $2,067.20 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $2,602.00 ↑ +49%

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ER Visit (level 3) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $709.20 $79.00 – $945.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $429.60 $59.48 – $644.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $887.40 $45.50 – $1,257.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $274.20 $39.46 – $272.94
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $887.40 $45.50 – $1,257.15
UPMC East Monroeville $880.20 $62.31 – $1,173.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $793.20 $62.31 – $329.04
UPMC Northwest Seneca $336.60 $62.31 – $285.07

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