Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain 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

$55.20

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.

$69.00

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.

$19.13 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,025.35 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $19.13 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $25.50 ↓ -54%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $31.88 ↓ -42%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $31.88 ↓ -42%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $31.88 ↓ -42%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $31.88 ↓ -42%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $32.91 ↓ -40%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $38.73 ↓ -30%
PHC All_Plans $55.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $55.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $55.20 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $55.33 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $57.97 ↑ +5%
Aetna All_Plans $62.38 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $63.07 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $63.48 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $64.17 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $65.55 ↑ +19%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $86.70 ↑ +57%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $175.48 ↑ +218%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $175.48 ↑ +218%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $177.23 ↑ +221%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $180.74 ↑ +227%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $180.74 ↑ +227%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $184.25 ↑ +234%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $184.25 ↑ +234%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $184.25 ↑ +234%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $185.04 ↑ +235%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $185.13 ↑ +235%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $189.52 ↑ +243%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $189.52 ↑ +243%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $193.03 ↑ +250%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $211.54 ↑ +283%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $211.54 ↑ +283%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $263.22 ↑ +377%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $307.09 ↑ +456%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $488.22 ↑ +784%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $615.20 ↑ +1014%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $615.20 ↑ +1014%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $820.28 ↑ +1386%
Highmark Performance_Blue $820.28 ↑ +1386%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $820.28 ↑ +1386%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,025.35 ↑ +1758%

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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $415.80 $15.30 – $554.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $664.80 $20.04 – $941.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $181.20 $26.77 – $241.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $664.80 $20.04 – $180.36
UPMC East Monroeville $153.00 $17.39 – $204.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $347.40 $19.63 – $420.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $108.00 $17.55 – $171.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $664.80 $20.04 – $261.92

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