_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout 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

$480.00

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.

$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.

$34.18 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $1,066.64 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $34.18 ↓ -93%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $115.36 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $116.51 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $118.82 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $118.82 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $121.13 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $121.13 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $121.65 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $121.70 ↓ -75%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $124.59 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $124.59 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $138.79 ↓ -71%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $138.79 ↓ -71%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $139.45 ↓ -71%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $144.20 ↓ -70%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $165.23 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $165.23 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $165.23 ↓ -66%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $176.50 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $187.70 ↓ -61%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $190.34 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $201.88 ↓ -58%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $346.08 ↓ -28%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $360.00 ↓ -25%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $389.13 ↓ -19%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $389.13 ↓ -19%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $392.22 ↓ -18%
Cigna All_Plans $439.74 ↓ -8%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $442.75 ↓ -8%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $442.75 ↓ -8%
Highmark Performance_Blue $442.75 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $442.80 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $444.00 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $461.70 ↓ -4%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $497.47 ↑ +4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $540.00 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $570.00 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $746.65 ↑ +56%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,066.64 ↑ +122%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,507.80 $114.02 – $2,010.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,939.20 $41.62 – $2,908.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $642.60 $9.29 – $910.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $642.60 $114.21 – $910.35
UPMC East Monroeville $1,253.40 $50.88 – $1,671.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,823.40 $51.36 – $152.01
UPMC Hanover Hanover $642.60 $9.29 – $184.58
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,105.80 $51.52 – $216.47

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