Cauterization chemical granulation tissue 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

$712.00

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.

$890.00

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.

$27.11 with UPMC_Medicare vs $849.06 with United_Healthcare — 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
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $27.11 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $27.11 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $27.24 ↓ -96%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $32.28 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $32.28 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $32.28 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $36.66 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $211.46 ↓ -70%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $211.85 ↓ -70%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $211.85 ↓ -70%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $211.85 ↓ -70%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $211.85 ↓ -70%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $213.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $218.21 ↓ -69%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $218.21 ↓ -69%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $222.44 ↓ -69%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $222.44 ↓ -69%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $223.40 ↓ -69%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $223.50 ↓ -69%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $264.81 ↓ -63%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $324.13 ↓ -54%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $349.55 ↓ -51%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $400.00 ↓ -44%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $534.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $598.08 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $652.28 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $658.60 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $684.86 ↓ -4%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $714.61 ↑ +0%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $714.61 ↑ +0%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $720.29 ↑ +1%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $801.00 ↑ +13%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $813.08 ↑ +14%
Highmark Performance_Blue $813.08 ↑ +14%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $813.08 ↑ +14%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $845.50 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $849.06 ↑ +19%

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Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $235.20 $25.82 – $313.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $640.80 $27.11 – $961.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $354.00 $32.79 – $501.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $248.40 $20.51 – $2,094.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $354.00 $32.79 – $501.50
UPMC East Monroeville $412.20 $28.40 – $549.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $405.00 $28.40 – $275.52
UPMC Northwest Seneca $299.40 $28.40 – $198.91

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