Magnesium 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

$30.00

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.

$46.00

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.

$6.70 with Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan vs $43.70 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
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $6.70 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $6.70 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $6.77 ↓ -77%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $6.90 ↓ -77%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $6.90 ↓ -77%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $7.04 ↓ -77%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $7.04 ↓ -77%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $7.04 ↓ -77%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $7.07 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $7.07 ↓ -76%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $7.24 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $7.24 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $7.25 ↓ -76%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $7.37 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $8.08 ↓ -73%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $8.08 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $9.06 ↓ -70%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $9.06 ↓ -70%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $9.06 ↓ -70%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $9.06 ↓ -70%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $9.07 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $10.05 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $11.73 ↓ -61%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $20.10 ↓ -33%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $21.94 ↓ -27%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $23.49 ↓ -22%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $23.49 ↓ -22%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $24.65 ↓ -18%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $25.82 ↓ -14%
Aetna All_Plans $27.67 ↓ -8%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $27.67 ↓ -8%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $31.00 ↑ +3%
Highmark Performance_Blue $31.32 ↑ +4%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $31.32 ↑ +4%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $31.32 ↑ +4%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $36.80 ↑ +23%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $36.80 ↑ +23%
PHC All_Plans $36.80 ↑ +23%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $36.89 ↑ +23%
Cigna All_Plans $38.65 ↑ +29%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $39.15 ↑ +31%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $42.78 ↑ +43%
Geisinger All_Plans $43.70 ↑ +46%

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Magnesium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $85.20 $6.62 – $113.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $41.40 $2.42 – $62.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $33.60 $6.63 – $47.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $48.60 $4.36 – $64.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $40.20 $6.63 – $47.60
UPMC East Monroeville $99.00 $6.62 – $132.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $156.60 $6.62 – $12.86
UPMC Northwest Seneca $39.00 $6.08 – $8.34

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