Hemodialysis one evaluation 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

$516.00

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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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$645.00

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.

$361.91 with Blue_Cross vs $4,186.93 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
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $361.91 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $362.04 ↓ -30%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $401.19 ↓ -22%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $516.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $516.00 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $516.00 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $517.23 ↑ +0%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $524.79 ↑ +2%
Cigna All_Plans $580.18 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $583.08 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $589.53 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $593.40 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $599.85 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $610.82 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $612.75 ↑ +19%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $716.56 ↑ +39%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $716.56 ↑ +39%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $716.56 ↑ +39%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $723.73 ↑ +40%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $738.06 ↑ +43%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $738.06 ↑ +43%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $752.39 ↑ +46%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $752.39 ↑ +46%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $752.39 ↑ +46%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $755.61 ↑ +46%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $755.97 ↑ +47%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $773.88 ↑ +50%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $773.88 ↑ +50%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $788.22 ↑ +53%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $863.81 ↑ +67%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $863.81 ↑ +67%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,074.84 ↑ +108%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,253.98 ↑ +143%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $2,512.12 ↑ +387%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $2,512.12 ↑ +387%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $3,349.56 ↑ +549%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $3,349.56 ↑ +549%
Highmark Performance_Blue $3,349.56 ↑ +549%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $4,186.93 ↑ +711%

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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,635.00 $272.47 – $2,180.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $817.20 $240.69 – $1,225.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,081.80 $216.15 – $1,532.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,081.80 $216.15 – $1,532.55
UPMC East Monroeville $1,261.20 $286.45 – $770.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,177.60 $152.56 – $831.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,223.40 $279.71 – $720.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,081.80 $216.15 – $1,145.76

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