Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report 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

$1,004.80

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.

$1,256.00

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.

$41.75 with UPMC_Medicare vs $1,198.22 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_Community_HealthChoices $41.75 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $41.75 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $41.95 ↓ -96%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $49.70 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $49.70 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $49.70 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $56.46 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $63.21 ↓ -94%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $63.33 ↓ -94%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $63.33 ↓ -94%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $63.33 ↓ -94%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $63.33 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $63.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $65.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $65.23 ↓ -94%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $66.50 ↓ -93%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $66.50 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $66.78 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $66.81 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $79.16 ↓ -92%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $96.89 ↓ -90%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $104.49 ↓ -90%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $141.76 ↓ -86%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $213.62 ↓ -79%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $213.62 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $215.32 ↓ -79%
Highmark Performance_Blue $243.06 ↓ -76%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $243.06 ↓ -76%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $243.06 ↓ -76%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $753.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $844.03 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $920.52 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $929.44 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $966.49 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,130.40 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,193.20 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,198.22 ↑ +19%

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Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $368.40 $39.76 – $491.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $966.00 $20.43 – $1,449.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $259.20 $50.50 – $367.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $376.80 $41.75 – $502.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $259.20 $50.50 – $252.45
UPMC East Monroeville $761.40 $43.74 – $1,015.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $539.40 $43.74 – $203.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $404.40 $43.74 – $187.07

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