Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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

$292.00

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.

$365.00

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.

$24.79 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $661.67 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 $24.79 ↓ -92%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $40.74 ↓ -86%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $40.74 ↓ -86%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $40.93 ↓ -86%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $48.50 ↓ -83%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $48.50 ↓ -83%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $48.50 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $55.10 ↓ -81%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $70.20 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $70.90 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $72.31 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $72.31 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $73.71 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $73.71 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $74.03 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $74.06 ↓ -75%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $75.82 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $75.82 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $87.75 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $107.41 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $115.83 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $122.85 ↓ -58%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $210.60 ↓ -28%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $219.00 ↓ -25%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $236.80 ↓ -19%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $236.80 ↓ -19%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $238.68 ↓ -18%
Cigna All_Plans $267.51 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $269.37 ↓ -8%
Highmark Performance_Blue $269.43 ↓ -8%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $269.43 ↓ -8%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $269.43 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $270.10 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $280.87 ↓ -4%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $302.72 ↑ +4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $328.50 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $346.75 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $463.16 ↑ +59%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $661.67 ↑ +127%

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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $366.60 $38.80 – $488.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $562.20 $25.33 – $843.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $390.60 $38.80 – $553.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $390.60 $38.80 – $553.35
UPMC East Monroeville $721.20 $38.80 – $961.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $315.00 $38.80 – $93.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $424.80 $42.68 – $73.71
UPMC Hanover Hanover $390.60 $38.80 – $112.32

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