CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (without contrast) at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital
501 E. Main St., Waynesboro, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1821091059
$242.50
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.
$2,322.00
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.
$176.70 with UPMC_Medicare vs $2,205.90 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_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $176.70 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $176.70 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $177.55 | ↓ -27% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $196.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $210.36 | ↓ -13% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $210.36 | ↓ -13% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $210.36 | ↓ -13% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $238.97 | ↓ -1% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $257.24 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $257.72 | ↑ +6% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $257.72 | ↑ +6% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $257.72 | ↑ +6% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $257.72 | ↑ +6% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $260.30 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $265.45 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $265.45 | ↑ +9% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $270.61 | ↑ +12% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $270.61 | ↑ +12% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $271.77 | ↑ +12% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $271.89 | ↑ +12% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $322.15 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $394.31 | ↑ +63% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $425.24 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $787.57 | ↑ +225% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $869.34 | ↑ +258% |
| Highmark | Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO | $869.34 | ↑ +258% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $876.25 | ↑ +261% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $989.13 | ↑ +308% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $989.13 | ↑ +308% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $989.13 | ↑ +308% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $1,125.10 | ↑ +364% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $1,342.45 | ↑ +454% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,393.20 | ↑ +475% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $1,494.67 | ↑ +516% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,560.38 | ↑ +543% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $1,569.44 | ↑ +547% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,718.28 | ↑ +609% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $2,205.90 | ↑ +810% |
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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (without contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,368.80 | $101.07 – $3,158.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $1,700.40 | $83.15 – $2,550.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,821.60 | $73.71 – $457.30 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,185.60 | $176.70 – $1,580.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $2,213.40 | $107.60 – $2,682.79 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,930.60 | $185.12 – $5,240.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $6,945.60 | $185.12 – $474.48 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,226.40 | $185.12 – $321.00 |