Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter 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

$4,131.20

Cash price

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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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$5,164.00

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.

$206.13 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $49,520.86 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 $206.13 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $206.13 ↓ -95%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $206.13 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $206.13 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $206.13 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $234.16 ↓ -94%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $560.66 ↓ -86%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $2,897.52 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $2,898.55 ↓ -30%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $4,131.20 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $4,131.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $4,131.20 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $4,141.01 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $4,645.02 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $4,668.26 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $4,719.90 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $4,750.88 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $4,802.52 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $4,890.31 ↑ +18%
Geisinger All_Plans $4,905.80 ↑ +19%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $8,475.10 ↑ +105%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $8,475.10 ↑ +105%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $8,559.85 ↑ +107%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $8,729.35 ↑ +111%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $8,729.35 ↑ +111%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $8,898.86 ↑ +115%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $8,898.86 ↑ +115%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $8,898.86 ↑ +115%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $8,936.99 ↑ +116%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $8,941.23 ↑ +116%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $9,153.11 ↑ +122%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $9,153.11 ↑ +122%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $9,322.61 ↑ +126%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $10,216.73 ↑ +147%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $10,216.73 ↑ +147%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $12,712.65 ↑ +208%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $14,831.43 ↑ +259%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $29,712.01 ↑ +619%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $29,712.01 ↑ +619%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $39,616.85 ↑ +859%
Highmark Performance_Blue $39,616.85 ↑ +859%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $39,616.85 ↑ +859%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $49,520.86 ↑ +1099%

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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,361.40 $164.90 – $5,815.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $11,583.60 $209.42 – $16,410.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,987.80 $173.15 – $1,192.92
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $11,583.60 $209.42 – $16,410.10
UPMC East Monroeville $1,355.40 $181.39 – $8,284.66
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,607.40 $181.39 – $11,475.67
UPMC Hanover Hanover $11,583.60 $209.42 – $12,649.66
UPMC Jameson New Castle $8,250.60 $181.39 – $10,651.70

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