Bundled special stain group 2 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

$171.20

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.

$214.00

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.

$8.88 with Health_Partners_Medicaid 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $8.88 ↓ -95%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $53.56 ↓ -69%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $53.56 ↓ -69%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $53.82 ↓ -69%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $63.76 ↓ -63%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $63.76 ↓ -63%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $63.76 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $72.43 ↓ -58%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $128.40 ↓ -25%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $137.18 ↓ -20%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $137.43 ↓ -20%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $137.43 ↓ -20%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $137.43 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $137.43 ↓ -20%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $138.80 ↓ -19%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $141.55 ↓ -17%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $141.55 ↓ -17%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $144.30 ↓ -16%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $144.30 ↓ -16%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $144.92 ↓ -15%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $144.99 ↓ -15%
Cigna All_Plans $156.84 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $157.93 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $158.36 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $164.67 ↓ -4%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $171.79 ↑ +0%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $174.84 ↑ +2%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $192.60 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $203.30 ↑ +19%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $210.27 ↑ +23%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $226.76 ↑ +32%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $250.54 ↑ +46%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $357.92 ↑ +109%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $463.58 ↑ +171%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $463.58 ↑ +171%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $467.26 ↑ +173%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $527.46 ↑ +208%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $527.46 ↑ +208%
Highmark Performance_Blue $527.46 ↑ +208%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $139.20 $6.25 – $185.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $6.54 – $86.93
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $78.60 $17.95 – $197.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $180.60 $23.46 – $240.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $78.60 $13.60 – $135.68
UPMC East Monroeville $48.00 $6.31 – $129.03
UPMC Hamot Erie $147.60 $6.25 – $153.18
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $6.51 – $129.03

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