Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 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

$1,315.20

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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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$1,644.00

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.

$48.83 with UPMC_Medicare vs $1,634.87 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 $48.83 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $48.83 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $49.06 ↓ -96%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $58.13 ↓ -96%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $58.13 ↓ -96%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $58.13 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $66.03 ↓ -95%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $351.25 ↓ -73%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $425.18 ↓ -68%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $425.97 ↓ -68%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $425.97 ↓ -68%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $425.97 ↓ -68%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $425.97 ↓ -68%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $430.23 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $438.75 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $438.75 ↓ -67%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $447.27 ↓ -66%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $447.27 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $449.19 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $449.40 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $532.46 ↓ -60%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $651.73 ↓ -50%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $702.85 ↓ -47%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $986.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $1,104.77 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $1,204.89 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,216.56 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $1,265.06 ↓ -4%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $1,436.88 ↑ +9%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,436.88 ↑ +9%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $1,448.30 ↑ +10%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,479.60 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,561.80 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,568.38 ↑ +19%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,634.87 ↑ +24%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,634.87 ↑ +24%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,634.87 ↑ +24%

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,287.00 $46.50 – $1,716.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,626.60 $48.83 – $2,439.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,212.00 $59.05 – $1,717.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,693.20 $48.83 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,212.00 $59.05 – $2,298.86
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $51.15 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,099.00 $51.15 – $729.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,183.40 $51.15 – $411.45

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