Pet image w/ct lmtd 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

$6,880.00

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.

$8,600.00

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.

$1,493.68 with Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan vs $8,727.72 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
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $1,493.68 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $1,493.68 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,508.62 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $1,509.07 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $1,538.49 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $1,538.49 ↓ -78%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $1,568.36 ↓ -77%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $1,568.36 ↓ -77%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $1,568.36 ↓ -77%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $1,575.09 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $1,575.83 ↓ -77%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $1,613.17 ↓ -77%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $1,613.17 ↓ -77%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $1,622.19 ↓ -76%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $1,622.19 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $1,622.19 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $1,622.19 ↓ -76%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,643.05 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $1,800.63 ↓ -74%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $1,800.63 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $1,842.81 ↓ -73%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $2,240.52 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $2,613.94 ↓ -62%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $4,101.34 ↓ -40%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $4,412.35 ↓ -36%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $4,827.18 ↓ -30%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $5,236.54 ↓ -24%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $5,236.54 ↓ -24%
PHC All_Plans $6,880.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $6,880.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $6,880.00 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $6,896.34 ↑ +0%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $6,982.21 ↑ +1%
Highmark Performance_Blue $6,982.21 ↑ +1%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $6,982.21 ↑ +1%
Cigna All_Plans $7,396.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna All_Plans $7,774.40 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $7,860.40 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $7,912.00 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $7,998.00 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $8,170.00 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $8,570.95 ↑ +25%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $8,727.72 ↑ +27%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,341.60 $1,207.25 – $5,788.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,989.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $6,335.40 $1,362.64 – $8,447.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,639.40 $1,581.50 – $11,375.98
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17
UPMC Kane Kane $4,769.40 $1,427.53 – $5,997.30
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