Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min 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

$128.80

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.

$161.00

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.

$20.07 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $153.59 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 $20.07 ↓ -84%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $23.78 ↓ -82%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $23.78 ↓ -82%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $23.78 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $27.01 ↓ -79%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $96.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $108.19 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $118.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $119.14 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $123.89 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $144.90 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $152.95 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $153.59 ↑ +19%

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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $223.20 $19.02 – $297.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $35.40 $16.35 – $97.83
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $759.00 $24.16 – $1,075.25
UPMC East Monroeville $377.40 $20.92 – $503.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $438.00 $20.92 – $97.83
UPMC Hanover Hanover $759.00 $24.16 – $102.38
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $159.00 $19.97 – $97.83
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $484.80 $20.92 – $110.48

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