Tc-99m sulfur colloid 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

$476.00

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.

$595.00

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.

$283.76 with Blue_Cross vs $2,404.48 with United_Healthcare — 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
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $283.76 ↓ -40%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $333.97 ↓ -30%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $370.09 ↓ -22%
PHC All_Plans $476.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $476.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $476.00 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $477.13 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $535.20 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $537.88 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $543.83 ↑ +14%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $547.40 ↑ +15%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $553.35 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $565.25 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $2,404.48 ↑ +405%

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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $235.20 $119.48 – $2,254.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $254.40 $106.00 – $419.55
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $469.20 $107.13 – $664.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $373.80 $172.70 – $713.83
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $469.20 $156.40 – $664.70
UPMC East Monroeville $681.00 $120.62 – $908.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $359.40 $119.48 – $1,504.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $186.00 $310.11 – $507.70

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