Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital
501 E. Main St., Waynesboro, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1821091059
$40.00
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.
$50.00
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.
$1.61 with Blue_Cross vs $22.50 with WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross — 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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| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $1.61 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $2.30 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $4.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $5.55 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $6.40 | ↓ -84% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $7.04 | ↓ -82% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $7.13 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $7.53 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $7.90 | ↓ -80% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $22.50 | ↓ -44% |
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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $54.00 | $0.27 – $9.70 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $28.20 | $0.27 – $31.50 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $17.40 | $0.27 – $5.61 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $49.20 | $0.42 – $33.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $17.40 | $0.40 – $16.16 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $58.60 | $0.27 – $27.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $93.60 | $0.27 – $6.73 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $77.20 | $0.27 – $25.18 |