Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) 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

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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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Gross charge

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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.

$814.80 with UPMC_Medicare vs $36,334.73 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

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
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $814.80
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $814.80
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $970.00
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $1,101.92
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $3,349.57
Highmark All_Other_Plans $3,355.80
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $3,355.80
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $3,355.80
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $3,355.80
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $3,389.36
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $3,456.47
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $3,456.47
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $3,523.59
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $3,523.59
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $3,538.69
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $3,540.37
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $4,194.75
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $5,134.37
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $5,537.07
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $7,899.00
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $10,497.00
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $10,497.00
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $11,319.78
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $11,319.78
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $11,409.72
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $12,879.56
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $12,879.56
Highmark Performance_Blue $12,879.56
United_Healthcare All_Plans $36,334.73
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans not published by hospital
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids not published by hospital
Geisinger All_Plans not published by hospital
Cigna All_Plans not published by hospital
Cigna PPO_Plan not published by hospital
First_Health_Network All_Plans not published by hospital
Aetna All_Plans not published by hospital

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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,532.60 $895.03 – $3,376.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $8,004.00 $1,016.56 – $11,339.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $3,449.40 $167.58 – $2,374.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $8,004.00 $1,016.56 – $11,339.00
UPMC East Monroeville $3,746.40 $903.55 – $4,995.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,869.80 $895.03 – $4,364.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $8,004.00 $1,016.56 – $4,810.90
UPMC Jameson New Castle $4,320.00 $892.40 – $4,051.03

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