Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$48.80

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.

$61.00

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.

$5.48 with UPMC_Medicare vs $88.90 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
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $5.48 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $5.48 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $5.51 ↓ -89%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $6.53 ↓ -87%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $6.53 ↓ -87%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $6.53 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $7.41 ↓ -85%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $9.89 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $9.99 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $10.19 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $10.19 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $10.38 ↓ -79%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $10.38 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $10.43 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $10.43 ↓ -79%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $10.68 ↓ -78%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $10.68 ↓ -78%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $11.39 ↓ -77%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $12.36 ↓ -75%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $15.13 ↓ -69%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $16.32 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $17.31 ↓ -65%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $29.67 ↓ -39%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $33.36 ↓ -32%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $33.36 ↓ -32%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $33.63 ↓ -31%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $36.60 ↓ -25%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $37.96 ↓ -22%
Highmark Performance_Blue $37.96 ↓ -22%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $37.96 ↓ -22%
Aetna All_Plans $40.85 ↓ -16%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $42.65 ↓ -13%
Cigna All_Plans $44.71 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $45.14 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $46.94 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $54.90 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $57.95 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $62.23 ↑ +28%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $88.90 ↑ +82%

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Culture quantitative aerobic other source at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC East Monroeville $96.60 $5.22 – $128.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $69.60 $5.22 – $12.53
UPMC Jameson New Castle $51.60 $5.74 – $12.75
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $300.00 $5.74 – $12.65
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $50.40 $5.74 – $12.65
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $237.00 $5.74 – $12.53
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $204.00 $5.74 – $12.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $217.80 $5.22 – $12.65

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