Assay alkaline phosphatase 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

$34.40

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.

$43.00

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.

$6.20 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $68.82 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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $6.20 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $8.26 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $8.34 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $8.51 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $8.51 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $8.67 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $8.67 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $8.71 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $8.71 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $8.92 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $8.92 ↓ -74%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $8.94 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $10.33 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $12.64 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $13.63 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $14.46 ↓ -58%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $24.78 ↓ -28%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $25.80 ↓ -25%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $27.86 ↓ -19%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $27.86 ↓ -19%
Cigna All_Plans $31.51 ↓ -8%
Highmark Performance_Blue $31.70 ↓ -8%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $31.70 ↓ -8%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $31.70 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $31.73 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $31.82 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $33.09 ↓ -4%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $35.62 ↑ +4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $38.70 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $40.85 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $48.17 ↑ +40%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $68.82 ↑ +100%

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Assay alkaline phosphatase at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $42.60 $4.54 – $60.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $44.40 $6.60 – $60.35
UPMC Hanover Hanover $42.60 $6.60 – $47.10
UPMC Lititz Lititz $42.60 $6.60 – $47.10
UPMC Memorial York $42.60 $6.60 – $52.82
UPMC Somerset Somerset $44.40 $5.80 – $8.92
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $34.40 $6.20 – $36.74
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata $34.40 $6.20 – $37.50

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