Exchange nephrostomy cath 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

$3,552.80

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.

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$4,441.00

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.

$102.75 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $12,257.66 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $102.75 ↓ -97%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $102.75 ↓ -97%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $102.75 ↓ -97%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $102.75 ↓ -97%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $102.75 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $116.72 ↓ -97%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $279.48 ↓ -92%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $2,097.80 ↓ -41%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $2,097.80 ↓ -41%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $2,118.78 ↓ -40%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $2,160.73 ↓ -39%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $2,160.73 ↓ -39%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $2,202.69 ↓ -38%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $2,202.69 ↓ -38%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $2,202.69 ↓ -38%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $2,212.13 ↓ -38%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $2,213.18 ↓ -38%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $2,265.62 ↓ -36%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $2,265.62 ↓ -36%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $2,307.58 ↓ -35%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $2,491.85 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $2,492.73 ↓ -30%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $2,528.90 ↓ -29%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $2,528.90 ↓ -29%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $3,146.70 ↓ -11%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $3,552.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $3,552.80 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $3,552.80 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $3,561.24 ↑ +0%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $3,671.15 ↑ +3%
Cigna All_Plans $3,994.68 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $4,014.66 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $4,059.07 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $4,085.72 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $4,130.13 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $4,205.63 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $4,218.95 ↑ +19%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $7,354.47 ↑ +107%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $7,354.47 ↑ +107%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $9,806.17 ↑ +176%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $9,806.17 ↑ +176%
Highmark Performance_Blue $9,806.17 ↑ +176%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $12,257.66 ↑ +245%

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Exchange nephrostomy cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,290.80 $315.62 – $3,054.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,513.20 $604.53 – $6,769.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,685.60 $613.21 – $3,804.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,685.60 $632.65 – $3,804.60
UPMC East Monroeville $3,058.80 $318.63 – $4,078.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,019.80 $315.62 – $2,840.52
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,643.00 $604.53 – $2,109.25
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,685.60 $632.65 – $3,131.10

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