Blood typing abo 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

$146.00

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.

$242.00

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.

$4.33 with UPMC_Medicare vs $527.46 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.

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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_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $4.33 ↓ -97%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $4.33 ↓ -97%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $4.35 ↓ -97%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $5.15 ↓ -96%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $5.15 ↓ -96%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $5.15 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $5.85 ↓ -96%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $8.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna All_Plans $12.35 ↓ -92%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $19.66 ↓ -87%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $28.08 ↓ -81%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $79.94 ↓ -45%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $137.18 ↓ -6%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $137.43 ↓ -6%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $137.43 ↓ -6%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $137.43 ↓ -6%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $137.43 ↓ -6%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $138.80 ↓ -5%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $141.55 ↓ -3%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $141.55 ↓ -3%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $144.30 ↓ -1%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $144.30 ↓ -1%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $144.92 ↓ -1%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $144.99 ↓ -1%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $145.20 ↓ -1%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $171.79 ↑ +18%
Cigna All_Plans $177.36 ↑ +21%
Geisinger All_Plans $179.08 ↑ +23%
Cigna PPO_Plan $186.22 ↑ +28%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $210.27 ↑ +44%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $217.80 ↑ +49%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $226.76 ↑ +55%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $229.90 ↑ +57%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $463.58 ↑ +218%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $463.58 ↑ +218%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $467.26 ↑ +220%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $527.46 ↑ +261%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $527.46 ↑ +261%
Highmark Performance_Blue $527.46 ↑ +261%

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Blood typing abo at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $30.60 $2.96 – $40.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.00 $1.08 – $49.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $155.40 $2.96 – $220.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $21.60 $1.94 – $28.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $155.40 $2.96 – $30.60
UPMC East Monroeville $44.40 $2.96 – $59.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $16.80 $2.96 – $161.87
UPMC Northwest Seneca $34.80 $2.71 – $4.74

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