Thyroid Ultrasound 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

$583.20

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.

$729.00

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.

$63.73 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $692.55 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $63.73 ↓ -89%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $95.44 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $95.44 ↓ -84%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $95.44 ↓ -84%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $95.44 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $108.42 ↓ -81%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $108.90 ↓ -81%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $108.90 ↓ -81%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $109.99 ↓ -81%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $112.17 ↓ -81%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $112.17 ↓ -81%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $114.35 ↓ -80%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $114.35 ↓ -80%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $114.35 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $114.84 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $114.89 ↓ -80%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $117.61 ↓ -80%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $117.61 ↓ -80%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $119.79 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $131.28 ↓ -77%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $131.28 ↓ -77%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $163.35 ↓ -72%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $190.58 ↓ -67%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $208.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $259.59 ↓ -55%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $347.66 ↓ -40%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $381.78 ↓ -35%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $381.78 ↓ -35%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $409.19 ↓ -30%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $509.05 ↓ -13%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $509.05 ↓ -13%
Highmark Performance_Blue $509.05 ↓ -13%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $583.20 ↑ +0%
PHC All_Plans $583.20 ↑ +0%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $583.20 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $584.59 ↑ +0%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $602.31 ↑ +3%
Cigna All_Plans $626.94 ↑ +8%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $636.31 ↑ +9%
Aetna All_Plans $659.02 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $666.31 ↑ +14%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $677.97 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $692.55 ↑ +19%

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Thyroid Ultrasound at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $572.40 $50.98 – $763.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $291.00 $36.58 – $436.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $394.20 $66.78 – $558.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $339.60 $80.17 – $452.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $394.20 $35.80 – $310.63
UPMC East Monroeville $880.80 $83.98 – $1,174.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $598.20 $64.85 – $212.33
UPMC Northwest Seneca $315.00 $83.98 – $199.86

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