Breast punct aspir cyst, bil at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital
501 E. Main St., Waynesboro, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1821091059
$2,112.80
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.
$2,641.00
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.
$38.33 with UPMC_Medicare vs $2,879.08 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 | $38.33 | ↓ -98% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $38.33 | ↓ -98% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $38.51 | ↓ -98% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $45.63 | ↓ -98% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $45.63 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $45.63 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $51.83 | ↓ -98% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $243.81 | ↓ -88% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $748.76 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $750.15 | ↓ -64% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $750.15 | ↓ -64% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $750.15 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $750.15 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $757.65 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $772.65 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $772.65 | ↓ -63% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $787.66 | ↓ -63% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $787.66 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $791.03 | ↓ -63% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $791.41 | ↓ -63% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $937.69 | ↓ -56% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $1,147.73 | ↓ -46% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $1,237.75 | ↓ -41% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,584.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,774.75 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $1,935.59 | ↓ -8% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,954.34 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $2,032.25 | ↓ -4% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $2,376.90 | ↑ +13% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $2,508.95 | ↑ +19% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $2,519.51 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $2,530.41 | ↑ +20% |
| Highmark | Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO | $2,530.41 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $2,550.51 | ↑ +21% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $2,879.08 | ↑ +36% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $2,879.08 | ↑ +36% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $2,879.08 | ↑ +36% |
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Breast punct aspir cyst, bil at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $489.00 | $36.50 – $652.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $808.20 | $38.33 – $1,212.30 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $924.60 | $46.35 – $1,309.85 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $924.60 | $46.35 – $1,309.85 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $543.00 | $40.15 – $975.61 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $777.00 | $40.15 – $704.33 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $924.60 | $46.35 – $1,075.42 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $910.20 | $38.33 – $253.13 |