Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) 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

$258.40

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.

$323.00

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.

$42.00 with UPMC_Medicare vs $527.34 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 $42.00 ↓ -84%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $42.00 ↓ -84%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $42.20 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -81%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $56.80 ↓ -78%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $137.14 ↓ -47%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $137.40 ↓ -47%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $137.40 ↓ -47%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $137.40 ↓ -47%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $138.77 ↓ -46%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $141.52 ↓ -45%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $141.52 ↓ -45%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $144.27 ↓ -44%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $144.27 ↓ -44%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $144.89 ↓ -44%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $144.96 ↓ -44%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $171.75 ↓ -34%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $193.80 ↓ -25%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $210.22 ↓ -19%
Aetna All_Plans $217.06 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $236.73 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $239.02 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $248.55 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $290.70 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $306.85 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $308.14 ↑ +19%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $463.48 ↑ +79%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $463.48 ↑ +79%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $467.16 ↑ +81%
Highmark Performance_Blue $527.34 ↑ +104%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $527.34 ↑ +104%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $527.34 ↑ +104%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $174.60 $6.00 – $232.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $21.00 – $125.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $84.00 $19.64 – $70.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $97.80 $8.20 – $180.41
UPMC Hamot Erie $118.20 $20.20 – $151.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $22.00 – $56.73
UPMC Hanover Hanover $24.60 $25.40 – $38.11
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $141.00 $21.00 – $67.99

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