Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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

$80.80

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.

$101.00

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.

$42.20 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $461.00 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $42.20 ↓ -48%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -38%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -38%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -38%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $56.80 ↓ -30%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $60.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $67.87 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $74.02 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $74.74 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $77.72 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $90.90 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $95.95 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $96.35 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $322.70 ↑ +299%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $461.00 ↑ +471%

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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $103.20 $6.00 – $137.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $24.60 $5.62 – $387.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $73.80 $5.91 – $98.40
UPMC Kane Kane $90.60 $6.60 – $46.98
UPMC Lititz Lititz $24.60 $3.94 – $148.00
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $198.60 $4.33 – $45.15
UPMC Memorial York $24.60 $3.94 – $148.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $80.40 $6.60 – $46.41

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