Exc sq tum/neck or ant thorax <3cm 21555 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.

$778.05 with UPMC_Medicare vs $8,444.00 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_Community_HealthChoices $778.05
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $778.05
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 $1,724.26
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,727.47
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $1,727.47
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $1,727.47
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,727.47
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,744.74
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $1,779.29
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $1,779.29
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $1,813.84
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $1,813.84
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $1,821.62
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $1,822.48
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $2,159.34
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $2,643.03
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $2,850.33
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $5,827.10
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $5,827.10
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $5,873.40
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $6,357.00
Highmark Performance_Blue $6,630.03
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $6,630.03
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $6,630.03
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $8,444.00
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $8,444.00
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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Exc sq tum/neck or ant thorax <3cm 21555 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $763.80 $39.38 – $1,041.88
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,360.60 $41.25 – $1,699.17
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,343.20 $41.25 – $1,699.17
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $1,898.50 $41.25 – $3,324.90
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $37.50 – $1,668.28
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $50.62 – $5,805.45
UPMC East Monroeville not published $41.25 – $1,699.17
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $41.25 – $1,621.93

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