Histochemical stains add-on at WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
147 Gettys Street, Gettysburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1265466957
$173.60
Cash price 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.
$217.00
Gross charge 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.
$10.74 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $206.15 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $10.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $30.11 | ↓ -83% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $37.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $37.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $37.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $37.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $103.49 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $121.80 | ↓ -30% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $173.60 | ↑ +0% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $173.60 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $173.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $174.01 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $182.32 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $196.17 | ↑ +13% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $198.34 | ↑ +14% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $199.64 | ↑ +15% |
| Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan | All_Other_Plans | $201.81 | ↑ +16% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $203.34 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $206.15 | ↑ +19% |
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Histochemical stains add-on at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $193.20 | $8.59 – $257.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $126.00 | $11.25 – $196.12 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $174.00 | $31.62 – $232.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $126.00 | $11.25 – $178.50 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $153.00 | $17.59 – $204.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $125.40 | $19.61 – $205.57 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $57.60 | $17.76 – $94.12 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $126.00 | $11.25 – $196.12 |