Insert cath pleura without image 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

$1,116.80

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.

$1,396.00

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.

$121.63 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $11,350.98 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 $121.63 ↓ -89%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $121.63 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $121.63 ↓ -89%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $121.63 ↓ -89%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $121.63 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $138.17 ↓ -88%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $330.82 ↓ -70%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $783.30 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $783.57 ↓ -30%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,116.80 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $1,116.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,116.80 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,119.45 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $1,255.70 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $1,261.98 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,275.94 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,284.32 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $1,298.28 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,322.01 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,326.20 ↑ +19%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $1,942.63 ↑ +74%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $1,942.63 ↑ +74%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,962.06 ↑ +76%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $2,000.91 ↑ +79%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $2,000.91 ↑ +79%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $2,039.76 ↑ +83%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $2,039.76 ↑ +83%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $2,039.76 ↑ +83%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $2,048.50 ↑ +83%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $2,049.47 ↑ +84%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $2,098.04 ↑ +88%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $2,098.04 ↑ +88%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $2,136.89 ↑ +91%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $2,341.84 ↑ +110%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $2,341.84 ↑ +110%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $2,913.95 ↑ +161%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $3,399.60 ↑ +204%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $6,810.47 ↑ +510%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $6,810.47 ↑ +510%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $9,080.82 ↑ +713%
Highmark Performance_Blue $9,080.82 ↑ +713%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $9,080.82 ↑ +713%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $11,350.98 ↑ +916%

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