Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$61.60

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.

$77.00

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.

$7.88 with UPMC_Medicare vs $118.47 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 $7.88 ↓ -87%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $7.88 ↓ -87%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $7.91 ↓ -87%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $9.38 ↓ -85%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $9.38 ↓ -85%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $9.38 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $10.65 ↓ -83%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $14.71 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $14.86 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $15.15 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $15.15 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $15.45 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $15.45 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $15.51 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $15.52 ↓ -75%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $15.89 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $15.89 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $18.39 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $22.51 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $24.27 ↓ -61%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $25.74 ↓ -58%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $26.25 ↓ -57%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $44.13 ↓ -28%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $46.20 ↓ -25%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $49.62 ↓ -19%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $49.62 ↓ -19%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $50.01 ↓ -19%
Cigna All_Plans $56.43 ↓ -8%
Highmark Performance_Blue $56.46 ↓ -8%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $56.46 ↓ -8%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $56.46 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $56.83 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $56.98 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $59.25 ↓ -4%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $63.43 ↑ +3%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $69.30 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $73.15 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $82.93 ↑ +35%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $118.47 ↑ +92%

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Ghs urine, porphyrins quant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $87.00 $7.50 – $116.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $5.31 – $74.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $75.00 $7.50 – $106.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $81.60 $7.88 – $108.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $75.00 $7.50 – $106.25
UPMC East Monroeville $175.20 $7.50 – $233.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $281.40 $7.50 – $22.47
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $8.25 – $15.45

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