Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital
501 E. Main St., Waynesboro, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1821091059
$526.40
Cash price 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.
$658.00
Gross charge 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.
$18.90 with UPMC_Medicare vs $1,207.93 with Highmark — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $18.90 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $18.90 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $18.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $22.50 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $22.50 | ↓ -96% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $22.50 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $25.56 | ↓ -95% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $314.14 | ↓ -40% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $314.73 | ↓ -40% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $314.73 | ↓ -40% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $314.73 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $314.73 | ↓ -40% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $317.88 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $324.17 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $324.17 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $330.47 | ↓ -37% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $330.47 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $331.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $332.04 | ↓ -37% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $393.41 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $394.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $442.18 | ↓ -16% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $481.54 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $482.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $486.92 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $506.33 | ↓ -4% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $519.30 | ↓ -1% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $592.20 | ↑ +13% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $625.10 | ↑ +19% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $627.73 | ↑ +19% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $1,007.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $1,061.65 | ↑ +102% |
| Highmark | Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO | $1,061.65 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $1,070.08 | ↑ +103% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $1,207.93 | ↑ +129% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $1,207.93 | ↑ +129% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $1,207.93 | ↑ +129% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $158.40 | $18.00 – $211.20 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $310.20 | $18.90 – $465.30 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $453.60 | $22.86 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $165.00 | $18.90 – $99.74 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $453.60 | $22.86 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $319.20 | $19.80 – $425.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $281.40 | $19.80 – $409.31 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $453.60 | $22.86 – $1,016.56 |