Deep muscle biopsy 20205 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

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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.

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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.

$725.55 with UPMC_Medicare vs $11,711.50 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_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $725.55
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $725.55
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $970.00
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $1,101.92
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $3,045.79
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $3,051.46
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $3,051.46
Highmark All_Other_Plans $3,051.46
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $3,051.46
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $3,081.97
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $3,143.00
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $3,143.00
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $3,204.03
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $3,204.03
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $3,217.76
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $3,219.29
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $3,814.33
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $4,354.00
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $4,668.73
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $5,034.91
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $5,785.00
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $5,785.00
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $10,293.18
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $10,293.18
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $10,374.96
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $11,711.50
Highmark Performance_Blue $11,711.50
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $11,711.50
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans not published by hospital
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids not published by hospital
Geisinger All_Plans not published by hospital
Cigna All_Plans not published by hospital
Cigna PPO_Plan not published by hospital
First_Health_Network All_Plans not published by hospital
United_Healthcare All_Plans not published by hospital
Aetna All_Plans not published by hospital

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Deep muscle biopsy 20205 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,338.50 $109.45 – $5,847.63
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $99.50 – $2,946.91
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $126.36 – $4,380.62
UPMC East Monroeville not published $109.45 – $3,001.48
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $109.45 – $3,968.58
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $109.45 – $3,001.48
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg not published $970.00 – $13,162.83
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata not published $10,638.00 – $10,638.00

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