Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital

501 E. Main St., Waynesboro, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1821091059

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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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.

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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.

$314.14 with PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare vs $1,807.00 with Blue_Cross — 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
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $314.14
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $314.73
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $314.73
Highmark All_Other_Plans $314.73
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $314.73
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $317.88
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $324.17
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $324.17
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $330.47
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $330.47
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $331.88
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $332.04
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $393.41
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $481.54
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $519.30
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $970.00
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $1,061.65
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,061.65
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $1,101.92
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,207.93
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,207.93
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,207.93
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,807.00
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,807.00
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,807.00
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans not published by hospital
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids not published by hospital
Geisinger All_Plans not published by hospital
Cigna All_Plans not published by hospital
Cigna PPO_Plan not published by hospital
First_Health_Network All_Plans not published by hospital
United_Healthcare All_Plans not published by hospital
Aetna All_Plans not published by hospital

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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,268.40 $18.59 – $1,691.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,408.20 $35.90 – $2,112.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $961.20 $48.55 – $1,361.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $961.20 $48.55 – $1,361.70
UPMC East Monroeville $987.60 $18.77 – $303.94
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,719.00 $18.59 – $409.31
UPMC Hanover Hanover $961.20 $48.55 – $451.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $958.80 $27.20 – $303.94

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