Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff 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

$5,036.00

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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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$6,295.00

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.

$25.00 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $14,440.90 with Highmark — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $25.00 ↓ -100%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $209.79 ↓ -96%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $3,755.63 ↓ -25%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $3,762.61 ↓ -25%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $3,762.61 ↓ -25%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $3,762.61 ↓ -25%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $3,762.61 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $3,777.00 ↓ -25%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $3,800.24 ↓ -25%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $3,875.49 ↓ -23%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $3,875.49 ↓ -23%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $3,950.74 ↓ -22%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $3,950.74 ↓ -22%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $3,967.67 ↓ -21%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $3,969.55 ↓ -21%
Aetna All_Plans $4,230.24 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $4,613.61 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $4,658.30 ↓ -8%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $4,703.26 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $4,844.00 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $5,665.50 ↑ +13%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $5,756.79 ↑ +14%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $5,980.25 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $6,005.43 ↑ +19%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $6,208.31 ↑ +23%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $12,692.04 ↑ +152%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $12,692.04 ↑ +152%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $12,792.87 ↑ +154%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $14,440.90 ↑ +187%
Highmark Performance_Blue $14,440.90 ↑ +187%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $14,440.90 ↑ +187%

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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,090.00 $1,237.66 – $4,120.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $8,638.80 $1,016.56 – $12,238.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $343.80 $158.84 – $1,237.66
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $8,638.80 $1,016.56 – $12,238.30
UPMC East Monroeville $7,321.80 $1,237.66 – $9,762.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,134.60 $1,237.66 – $4,893.48
UPMC Northwest Seneca $8,501.40 $817.19 – $3,633.70
UPMC Hanover Hanover $8,638.80 $1,016.56 – $5,394.10

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