CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital
501 E. Main St., Waynesboro, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1821091059
$1,862.40
Cash price 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.
$2,328.00
Gross charge 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.
$18.46 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $2,211.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $18.46 | ↓ -99% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $21.88 | ↓ -99% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $21.88 | ↓ -99% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $21.88 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $24.85 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $486.35 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $694.79 | ↓ -63% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,396.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,564.42 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $1,706.19 | ↓ -8% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,722.72 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $1,791.40 | ↓ -4% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $2,095.20 | ↑ +13% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $2,211.60 | ↑ +19% |
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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $542.40 | $10.00 – $723.20 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $652.20 | $18.38 – $978.30 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,524.60 | $13.10 – $2,159.85 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $1,524.60 | $13.10 – $2,159.85 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $1,334.40 | $19.25 – $1,779.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $573.00 | $19.25 – $388.27 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $771.00 | $19.25 – $538.58 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $1,524.60 | $13.10 – $406.33 |