Ear irrigation 69209 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

$225.60

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.

$282.00

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.

$10.08 with UPMC_Medicare vs $269.03 with United_Healthcare — 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 $10.08 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $10.08 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $10.13 ↓ -96%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $12.00 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $12.00 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $12.00 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $13.63 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $63.21 ↓ -72%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $63.33 ↓ -72%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $63.33 ↓ -72%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $63.33 ↓ -72%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $63.33 ↓ -72%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $63.96 ↓ -72%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $65.23 ↓ -71%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $65.23 ↓ -71%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $66.50 ↓ -71%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $66.50 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $66.78 ↓ -70%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $66.81 ↓ -70%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $79.16 ↓ -65%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $96.89 ↓ -57%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $104.49 ↓ -54%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $169.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $189.50 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $206.68 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $208.68 ↓ -8%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $213.62 ↓ -5%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $213.62 ↓ -5%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $215.32 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO_Plan $217.00 ↓ -4%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $243.06 ↑ +8%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $243.06 ↑ +8%
Highmark Performance_Blue $243.06 ↑ +8%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $250.63 ↑ +11%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $253.80 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $267.90 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $269.03 ↑ +19%

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Ear irrigation 69209 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $120.00 $8.38 – $160.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.60 $16.06 – $113.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $214.80 $16.80 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $17.40 $8.04 – $98.03
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $214.80 $16.80 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $76.80 $8.46 – $102.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $139.80 $8.38 – $82.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $79.80 $16.06 – $61.16

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