Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral 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

$804.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,005.00

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.

$128.13 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $1,357.27 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $128.13 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $248.77 ↓ -69%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $352.98 ↓ -56%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $353.64 ↓ -56%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $353.64 ↓ -56%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $353.64 ↓ -56%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $353.64 ↓ -56%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $357.18 ↓ -56%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $364.25 ↓ -55%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $364.25 ↓ -55%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $371.32 ↓ -54%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $371.32 ↓ -54%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $372.91 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $373.09 ↓ -54%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $442.05 ↓ -45%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $541.07 ↓ -33%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $583.51 ↓ -27%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $603.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $675.36 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $736.56 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $743.70 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $773.35 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $904.50 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $954.75 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $958.77 ↑ +19%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,192.90 ↑ +48%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $1,192.90 ↑ +48%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,357.27 ↑ +69%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,357.27 ↑ +69%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,357.27 ↑ +69%

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Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $544.20 $322.49 – $725.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,883.80 $114.10 – $5,825.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,295.40 $174.51 – $1,835.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,295.40 $265.80 – $1,835.15
UPMC East Monroeville $2,286.00 $250.33 – $3,048.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,456.60 $364.97 – $642.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,635.60 $286.79 – $642.37
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,295.40 $265.80 – $672.25

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