Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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

$36.00

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.

$45.00

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.

$6.82 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $42.75 with First_Health_Network — 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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $6.82 ↓ -81%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $9.06 ↓ -75%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $9.09 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $9.18 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $9.36 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $9.36 ↓ -74%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $9.54 ↓ -74%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $9.54 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $9.59 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $9.59 ↓ -73%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $9.82 ↓ -73%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $9.82 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $11.36 ↓ -68%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $13.56 ↓ -62%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $13.91 ↓ -61%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $15.00 ↓ -58%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $15.91 ↓ -56%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $19.37 ↓ -46%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $26.49 ↓ -26%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $27.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $30.24 ↓ -16%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $30.66 ↓ -15%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $30.66 ↓ -15%
Cigna All_Plans $32.98 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $33.30 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $34.63 ↓ -4%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $34.89 ↓ -3%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $34.89 ↓ -3%
Highmark Performance_Blue $34.89 ↓ -3%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $39.20 ↑ +9%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $40.50 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $42.75 ↑ +19%

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $26.40 $5.58 – $35.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $3.28 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $8.40 $1.92 – $14.54
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $145.80 $2.80 – $29.12
UPMC East Monroeville $42.60 $5.63 – $56.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $91.80 $3.00 – $9.82
UPMC Northwest Seneca $39.00 $8.08 – $9.82
UPMC Hanover Hanover $8.40 $6.85 – $29.12

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