Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc 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

$3,912.00

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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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$4,890.00

Gross charge

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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.

$155.72 with UPMC_Medicare vs $6,630.03 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

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_Community_HealthChoices $155.72 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $155.72 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $156.46 ↓ -96%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $176.36 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $185.38 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $185.38 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $185.38 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $210.59 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $1,724.26 ↓ -56%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $1,727.47 ↓ -56%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,727.47 ↓ -56%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $1,727.47 ↓ -56%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,727.47 ↓ -56%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,744.74 ↓ -55%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $1,779.29 ↓ -55%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $1,779.29 ↓ -55%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $1,813.84 ↓ -54%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $1,813.84 ↓ -54%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $1,821.62 ↓ -53%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $1,822.48 ↓ -53%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $2,159.34 ↓ -45%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $2,643.03 ↓ -32%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $2,850.33 ↓ -27%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $2,934.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $3,286.08 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $3,583.88 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $3,618.60 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $3,762.86 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $4,401.00 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $4,645.50 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $4,665.06 ↑ +19%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $5,827.10 ↑ +49%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $5,827.10 ↑ +49%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $5,873.40 ↑ +50%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $6,630.03 ↑ +69%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $6,630.03 ↑ +69%
Highmark Performance_Blue $6,630.03 ↑ +69%

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Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,923.20 $148.30 – $3,897.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,087.40 $188.34 – $6,413.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $421.80 $155.72 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,087.40 $200.21 – $2,957.15
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,023.60 $163.13 – $900.48
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,112.00 $163.13 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,087.40 $188.34 – $2,476.51
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $4,273.80 $155.72 – $919.85

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