Cllr miami j sm 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

$19.20

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.

$24.00

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.

$14.40 with UPMC vs $1,334.57 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
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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 UPMC_For_Kids $14.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $16.13 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $17.59 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $17.76 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $18.47 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $21.60 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $22.80 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $22.90 ↑ +19%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $31.59 ↑ +65%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $177.98 ↑ +827%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $309.48 ↑ +1512%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $312.57 ↑ +1528%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $318.76 ↑ +1560%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $318.76 ↑ +1560%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $324.95 ↑ +1592%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $324.95 ↑ +1592%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $326.35 ↑ +1600%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $326.50 ↑ +1601%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $334.24 ↑ +1641%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $334.24 ↑ +1641%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $386.85 ↑ +1915%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $473.50 ↑ +2366%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $510.64 ↑ +2560%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $541.59 ↑ +2721%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $1,043.94 ↑ +5337%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,043.94 ↑ +5337%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $1,052.23 ↑ +5380%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,187.78 ↑ +6086%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,187.78 ↑ +6086%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,187.78 ↑ +6086%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,334.57 ↑ +6851%

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Cllr miami j sm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata $248.80 $177.98 – $541.59
WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital York PA 17403 $188.66 $309.48 – $541.59

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