Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$65.00

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$99.00

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.

$17.85 with UPMC_Medicare vs $178.83 with Blue_Cross — 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 $17.85 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $17.85 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $17.94 ↓ -72%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $18.96 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $19.15 ↓ -71%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $19.53 ↓ -70%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $19.53 ↓ -70%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $19.91 ↓ -69%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $19.91 ↓ -69%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $19.99 ↓ -69%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $20.00 ↓ -69%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $20.48 ↓ -68%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $20.48 ↓ -68%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $21.25 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $21.25 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $21.25 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $23.70 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $24.14 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $24.63 ↓ -62%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $29.01 ↓ -55%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $31.28 ↓ -52%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $33.18 ↓ -49%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $56.88 ↓ -12%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $59.40 ↓ -9%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $63.96 ↓ -2%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $63.96 ↓ -2%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $64.46 ↓ -1%
Cigna All_Plans $72.56 ↑ +12%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $72.77 ↑ +12%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $72.77 ↑ +12%
Highmark Performance_Blue $72.77 ↑ +12%
Aetna All_Plans $73.06 ↑ +12%
Geisinger All_Plans $73.26 ↑ +13%
Cigna PPO_Plan $76.18 ↑ +17%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $81.76 ↑ +26%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $89.10 ↑ +37%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $94.05 ↑ +45%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $125.18 ↑ +93%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $178.83 ↑ +175%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $201.60 $17.00 – $268.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $91.20 $6.84 – $136.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $96.60 $16.88 – $136.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $129.60 $12.32 – $172.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $96.60 $16.60 – $113.74
UPMC East Monroeville $283.20 $17.00 – $377.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $241.20 $17.00 – $36.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.60 $17.19 – $20.48

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