Cell count body fluid 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

$23.20

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.

$29.00

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.

$4.72 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $44.55 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
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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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $4.72 ↓ -80%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $4.73 ↓ -80%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $4.73 ↓ -80%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $4.75 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $4.77 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $4.86 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $4.86 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $4.96 ↓ -79%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $4.96 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $4.98 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $4.98 ↓ -79%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $5.10 ↓ -78%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $5.10 ↓ -78%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $5.63 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $5.63 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $5.63 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $5.90 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $6.39 ↓ -72%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $7.22 ↓ -69%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $7.79 ↓ -66%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $8.26 ↓ -64%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $9.38 ↓ -60%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $14.16 ↓ -39%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $15.92 ↓ -31%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $15.92 ↓ -31%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $16.05 ↓ -31%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $17.40 ↓ -25%
Highmark Performance_Blue $18.12 ↓ -22%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $18.12 ↓ -22%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $18.12 ↓ -22%
Aetna All_Plans $19.49 ↓ -16%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $20.35 ↓ -12%
Cigna All_Plans $21.25 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $21.46 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $22.32 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $26.10 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $27.55 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $31.18 ↑ +34%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $44.55 ↑ +92%

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Cell count body fluid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $55.20 $4.50 – $73.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.00 $1.70 – $49.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $33.00 $4.50 – $46.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $37.80 $3.07 – $50.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $33.00 $4.50 – $46.75
UPMC East Monroeville $70.80 $4.50 – $94.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $33.00 $4.50 – $7.55
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $37.20 $4.23 – $8.86

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