Intro cath svc/ivc 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

$1,604.80

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.

$2,006.00

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.

$120.80 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,913.72 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
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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_Medicaid All_Plans $120.80 ↓ -92%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $143.13 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $143.13 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $143.13 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $162.59 ↓ -90%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,203.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $1,348.03 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $1,470.20 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,484.44 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $1,543.62 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,805.40 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,905.70 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,913.72 ↑ +19%

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Intro cath svc/ivc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,670.20 $114.50 – $4,893.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,403.60 $145.41 – $9,539.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,426.40 $145.41 – $6,734.26
UPMC East Monroeville $6,828.00 $125.95 – $9,104.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,967.80 $125.95 – $1,631.43
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,403.60 $145.41 – $1,016.56
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,847.80 $115.83 – $1,660.22
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,403.60 $115.83 – $1,016.56

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