Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$141.60

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.

$177.00

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.

$44.55 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $355.44 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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $44.55 ↓ -69%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $60.83 ↓ -57%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $60.83 ↓ -57%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $60.83 ↓ -57%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $61.44 ↓ -57%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $62.65 ↓ -56%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $62.65 ↓ -56%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $63.87 ↓ -55%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $63.87 ↓ -55%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $63.87 ↓ -55%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $64.15 ↓ -55%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $64.18 ↓ -55%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $65.70 ↓ -54%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $65.70 ↓ -54%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $66.91 ↓ -53%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $73.33 ↓ -48%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $73.33 ↓ -48%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $84.41 ↓ -40%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $91.25 ↓ -36%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $99.35 ↓ -30%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $106.45 ↓ -25%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $110.09 ↓ -22%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $141.60 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $141.60 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $141.60 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $141.94 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $148.72 ↑ +5%
Aetna All_Plans $160.01 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $161.78 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $162.84 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $164.61 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $168.15 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $174.84 ↑ +23%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $213.26 ↑ +51%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $213.26 ↑ +51%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $284.35 ↑ +101%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $284.35 ↑ +101%
Highmark Performance_Blue $284.35 ↑ +101%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $355.44 ↑ +151%

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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $212.40 $21.08 – $283.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $138.60 $14.84 – $207.90
UPMC East Monroeville $163.80 $14.63 – $218.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $165.00 $19.37 – $70.59
UPMC Northwest Seneca $54.00 $14.77 – $61.16
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $136.20 $14.82 – $61.16
UPMC Jameson New Castle $131.40 $2.64 – $61.16
UPMC Kane Kane $122.40 $24.99 – $39.18

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