Lactic acid 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

$75.20

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.

$94.00

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.

$8.00 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $89.30 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.

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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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $8.00 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $10.00 ↓ -87%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $10.00 ↓ -87%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $10.00 ↓ -87%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $10.00 ↓ -87%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $10.00 ↓ -87%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $11.57 ↓ -85%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $11.57 ↓ -85%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $11.69 ↓ -84%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $11.92 ↓ -84%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $11.92 ↓ -84%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $12.15 ↓ -84%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $12.15 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $12.15 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $12.20 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $12.21 ↓ -84%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -83%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -83%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $12.73 ↓ -83%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $13.95 ↓ -81%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $13.95 ↓ -81%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $17.36 ↓ -77%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $20.25 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $27.20 ↓ -64%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $34.71 ↓ -54%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $40.56 ↓ -46%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $40.56 ↓ -46%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $44.83 ↓ -40%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $47.78 ↓ -36%
Aetna All_Plans $47.78 ↓ -36%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $52.76 ↓ -30%
Highmark Performance_Blue $54.08 ↓ -28%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $54.08 ↓ -28%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $54.08 ↓ -28%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $67.60 ↓ -10%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $75.20 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $75.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $75.20 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $75.38 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $78.98 ↑ +5%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $86.48 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $87.42 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $89.30 ↑ +19%

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Lactic acid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $85.20 $8.00 – $113.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $4.17 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $58.80 $8.00 – $83.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $107.40 $7.52 – $143.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $58.80 $8.00 – $90.50
UPMC East Monroeville $225.00 $8.00 – $300.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $207.00 $8.00 – $29.02
UPMC Northwest Seneca $91.20 $8.80 – $12.50

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