Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital
501 E. Main St., Waynesboro, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1821091059
$3,967.20
Cash price 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.
$4,959.00
Gross charge 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.
$118.87 with UPMC_Medicare vs $12,879.56 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $118.87 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $118.87 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $119.44 | ↓ -97% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $141.51 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $141.51 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $141.51 | ↓ -96% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $143.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $160.76 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $2,975.40 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $3,332.45 | ↓ -16% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,349.57 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,355.80 | ↓ -15% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $3,355.80 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $3,355.80 | ↓ -15% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $3,355.80 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,389.36 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,456.47 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,456.47 | ↓ -13% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,523.59 | ↓ -11% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $3,523.59 | ↓ -11% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,538.69 | ↓ -11% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,540.37 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $3,634.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $3,669.66 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $3,815.95 | ↓ -4% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $4,194.75 | ↑ +6% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $4,463.10 | ↑ +13% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $4,711.05 | ↑ +19% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $4,730.89 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $5,134.37 | ↑ +29% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $5,537.07 | ↑ +40% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $11,319.78 | ↑ +185% |
| Highmark | Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO | $11,319.78 | ↑ +185% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $11,409.72 | ↑ +188% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $12,879.56 | ↑ +225% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $12,879.56 | ↑ +225% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $12,879.56 | ↑ +225% |
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Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,267.20 | $113.21 – $1,689.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $3,445.20 | $118.87 – $5,167.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,472.00 | $143.78 – $4,817.54 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,101.60 | $118.87 – $808.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $2,732.40 | $141.00 – $3,312.86 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,449.20 | $124.53 – $3,265.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,284.00 | $124.53 – $4,364.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,239.00 | $124.53 – $3,150.80 |