Hemoglobin 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

$14.40

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.

$18.00

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.

$2.37 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $47.43 with Health_Partners_Medicaid — 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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $2.37 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $2.39 ↓ -83%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $2.44 ↓ -83%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $2.44 ↓ -83%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $2.49 ↓ -83%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $2.49 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $2.50 ↓ -83%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $2.50 ↓ -83%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $2.56 ↓ -82%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $2.56 ↓ -82%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $2.96 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $3.39 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $3.39 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $3.41 ↓ -76%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $3.63 ↓ -75%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $3.91 ↓ -73%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $4.04 ↓ -72%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $4.04 ↓ -72%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $4.04 ↓ -72%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $4.15 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $4.59 ↓ -68%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $7.11 ↓ -51%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $7.99 ↓ -45%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $7.99 ↓ -45%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $8.06 ↓ -44%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $9.10 ↓ -37%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $9.10 ↓ -37%
Highmark Performance_Blue $9.10 ↓ -37%
Aetna All_Plans $9.79 ↓ -32%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $10.22 ↓ -29%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $10.80 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $13.19 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $13.32 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $13.85 ↓ -4%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $15.64 ↑ +9%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $16.20 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $17.10 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $22.34 ↑ +55%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $47.43 ↑ +229%

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Hemoglobin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $27.60 $2.35 – $35.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $16.20 $0.86 – $24.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $12.60 $2.35 – $17.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $19.20 $1.54 – $24.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $12.60 $2.35 – $19.04
UPMC East Monroeville $34.80 $2.35 – $46.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $55.20 $2.35 – $4.55
UPMC Northwest Seneca $24.00 $2.15 – $3.71

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