Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 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

$100.80

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.

$126.00

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.

$8.52 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $120.20 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_Medicaid All_Plans $8.52 ↓ -92%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $10.10 ↓ -90%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $10.10 ↓ -90%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $10.10 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $11.47 ↓ -89%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $75.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $84.67 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $92.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $93.24 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $96.96 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $113.40 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $119.70 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $120.20 ↑ +19%

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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $226.80 $8.48 – $134.23
UPMC Kane Kane $595.20 $8.89 – $148.28
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $489.60 $8.89 – $93.83
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $406.80 $8.89 – $92.94
UPMC Muncy Muncy $118.20 $8.89 – $993.28
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $143.20 $8.89 – $993.28
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $100.80 $10.10 – $90.72
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata $100.80 $10.10 – $27.47

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