Bld prd mix 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

$653.60

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.

$817.00

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.

$50.28 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $776.15 with First_Health_Network — 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 $50.28 ↓ -92%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $128.52 ↓ -80%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $182.36 ↓ -72%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $182.70 ↓ -72%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $182.70 ↓ -72%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $182.70 ↓ -72%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $182.70 ↓ -72%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $184.53 ↓ -72%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $188.18 ↓ -71%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $188.18 ↓ -71%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $191.84 ↓ -71%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $191.84 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $192.66 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $192.75 ↓ -71%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $228.38 ↓ -65%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $279.53 ↓ -57%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $301.46 ↓ -54%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $488.22 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $490.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $549.02 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $598.78 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $604.58 ↓ -8%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $616.28 ↓ -6%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $616.28 ↓ -6%
Cigna PPO_Plan $628.68 ↓ -4%
Highmark Performance_Blue $701.20 ↑ +7%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $701.20 ↑ +7%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $701.20 ↑ +7%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $735.30 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $776.15 ↑ +19%

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Bld prd mix at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $201.60 $46.03 – $285.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $201.60 $67.20 – $285.60
UPMC East Monroeville $369.60 $35.88 – $492.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $201.60 $88.20 – $261.92
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $109.20 $36.33 – $176.44
UPMC Jameson New Castle $109.20 $2.44 – $176.44
UPMC Lititz Lititz $201.60 $88.20 – $263.33
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $187.20 $37.97 – $179.71

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